Absolute Return Strategies
OVER 50 YEARS INVESTING IN ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES
OVER
50 YEARS
INVESTING IN ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES
$22B
AUM
We offer clients a broad range of tailored solutions across strategies, including multi-strategy, long/short equity, opportunistic credit, relative value, macro, and quantitative strategies.
Why GCM Grosvenor for Absolute Return Strategies?
68%
CAPITAL IN CUSTOMIZED
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
180
HEDGE FUNDS WITH
WHOM WE INVEST
90%
OF CAPITAL INVESTED THROUGH MEANS OF UNIQUE ACCESS*
Strength of experience and
industry presence
We have been investing in hedge funds for 50 years and have developed meaningful relationships.
Global coverage team with a specialist approach
Our research team includes specialists focused by strategy and region, covering managers across the hedge fund universe.
Comprehensive coverage
across strategies
We offer a broad range of tailored solutions across strategies including multi-strategy, long/short equity, opportunistic credit, relative value, macro, and quantitative strategies.
Structuring expertise
We can provide efficient access to underlying managers through fee-improved structures, negotiated favorable terms, and targeted exposures.
How We Invest
Fund Investments
Investments in managers’ multi-client funds; such investments are also known as primary investments.
Secondary Transactions
Acquired interests in a primary fund after the fund has been at least partially deployed in underlying investments.
Co-Investments
Investments made directly into businesses or securities in partnership with a sponsor.
Direct Investments
Investments made directly into businesses or securities.
Seed | Joint Venture Acceleration Investments
Investments in early stage managers or first funds in return for preferential terms and a share of manager economics.
Belmont Harbor Strategy
Belmont Harbor is our multi-portfolio manager (PM) strategy that utilizes a low-net, long/short approach.
Strategic Investments
Opportunistic investments sourced from our global, open-architecture platform and executed via direct investments and co-investments.
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Data as of December 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
* Data as of January 1, 2023; updated annually. Includes investments by longer-duration credit programs managed by the Absolute Return Strategies team.
No assurance can be given that any investment will achieve its objectives or avoid losses. Unless apparent from context, all statements herein represent GCM Grosvenor’s opinion.