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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-117502
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200331
FILED AS OF DATE: 20200612
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200612
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200612
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund II
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001566814
IRS NUMBER: 300760484
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22792
FILM NUMBER: 20959692
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE
STREET 2: 16TH FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10154
BUSINESS PHONE: 212-583-5000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE
STREET 2: 16TH FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10154
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
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NCEN_7038430591459431.txt
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the shareholders and the Board of Trustees of
Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund II
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Blackstone Alternative Alpha Fund II (the
"Fund") as of and for the year ended March 31, 2020, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we
considered the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities,
as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-
CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund's
internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. A fund's
internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of
the fund are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the fund;
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition of a fund's assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in
the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all
deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB.
However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal
control over financial reporting and its operation, including
controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
a material weakness, as defined above, as of March 31,
2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of the Fund and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to
be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
May 26, 2020