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The rise of alternatives
Alternative investments have recently become essential components of institutional and private investors' portfolios, due to the following factors:
These factors have made it simply impossible for many investors to ignore alternatives.
Alternative Investment A LEADING PROVIDER OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
Candriam Investors Group has been running alternative investment strategies since 1996, steadily innovation and building a wide range of solutions to meet investor's various needs.
Candriam Investors Group has attained a leading position in the management of regulated alternatives in Europe, with an in-depth understanding of the specificities of its local markets.
Our goal is simple: to identify and exploit inefficiencies across asset classes to provide consistent long-term returns.
All of our alternative investment solutions are grounded in our philosophy: conviction – seizing the best opportunities available on behalf of our clients – and responsibility – acknowledging our full accountability for the performance of their assets.
Our alternative investment strategies receive regular recognition from major financial publications including Eurohedge, Hedge Fund Manager and Hedge Fund Review.
A distinguished track recordOver the years our alternatives strategies have built up strong risk-adjusted performance track records, with above-average Sharpe ratios. And thanks to our conviction and responsibility philosophy, they have proved their resilience in difficult market conditions: 55% of our strategies rose in value in 2008, and 64% in 2011. |
Managing alternative investments is a complex business, and requires more than just a single investment team.
At the heart of our capabilities is a pool of senior fund managers who have been working together for an average of 14 years.
The expert input of a large number of investment specialists and support teams across our company have also been instrumental in our success in this area.
We believe there are some excellent reasons to choose Candriam for alternatives: