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Alternative Investments

Share in the return and diversification potential of leading and specialist hedge funds

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The value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as well as up and an investor may get back less than the amount invested. Past performance is not a guide to future results.

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Our teams in London and New York look to bring together the most compelling opportunities offered by alternative investments such as hedge funds. Our global networks enable us to invest with many managers that most investors would otherwise find hard to access.
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Alternative Investment solutions can be delivered as customised portfolios, managed accounts, commingled funds and/or liquid funds. We can also act as a strategic partner, providing research and due diligence to support your own selection and investment process.
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We also manage our own range of equity risk mitigation strategies and are the exclusive provider of tracking products that aim to deliver the return of HFR’s* investable indices.

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