Absolute Return Strategies
Over 50 years of investing in absolute return strategies
We offer clients a broad range of tailored solutions across strategies, including multi-strategy, macro, relative value, long/short equity, quantitative strategies, and opportunistic credit. Leveraging our large scale and presence in the industry, we are able to offer clients preferential exposure to hard-to-access managers and seek to obtain terms that can drive economic and structural advantages.
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.
Strategic Investments
Opportunistic investments sourced from our global, open-architecture platform and executed via direct investments and co-investments.
Why GCM Grosvenor for Absolute Return Strategies?
Strength of experience and industry presence
We have been investing in hedge funds for over 50 years and have developed meaningful industry relationships.
Global coverage team with a specialist approach
Our research team includes staff 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, opportunistic credit, macro, relative value, long/short equity, and quantitative strategies.
Structuring expertise
We can provide efficient access to underlying managers through improved fee structures, negotiated favorable terms, and targeted exposures.
Related News and Insights
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The Case for Absolute Return Strategies – Part Four
In this fourth and final installment, we look at a variety of opportunities we are seeing across absolute return strategies today.
The Case for Absolute Return Strategies – Part Three
In this installment, we present our view that top decile hedge fund managers remain among the best available investments globally, without regard to the name “hedge fund.” We also look at how top managers continue to attract talent and capital, while underperforming managers contract, underscoring the importance of manager selection.
Data as of March 31, 2023 unless otherwise noted.
* Data as of June 30, 2023.
** Data as of July 1, 2023; updated quarterly. Includes investments by longer-duration credit programs managed by the Absolute Return Strategies team.
*** Data as of January 1, 2023. Includes investments by longer-duration credit programs managed by the Absolute Return Strategies team. Some funds could be categorized within 1-3 of the unique means of access buckets which include closed/capacity constrained, fee savings, and separate accounts.
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.