Alternative Investment Strategies (AIS)

Profile

• Alternative Investment Strategies (AIS), the alternative consulting division of CSG, was acquired in July 1999.
• Our staff is comprised of eight dedicated investment professionals and one executive administrative professional.
• The primary objective is to create superior investment programs for sophisticated investors who seek to incorporate alternative asset investments into their portfolios.
• We advise high net worth individuals, institutions, pension funds, endowments, and foundations.
• The senior staff members combine over 25 years of alternative investing experience.
• We advise on over $8.9 billion in hedge fund investments.

We Focus On:

• Preserving capital and generating absolute returns regardless of market conditions
• Evaluating the economy and how it relates to the various hedge fund strategies
  • tactically increasing allocations to those strategies expected to display attractive return-to-risk characteristics
  • maintaining a cautious approach to strategies whose primary return is cyclical and requires timing the market
• Identifying talented money managers that add alpha
  • managers that exhibit high risk-adjusted returns over various market conditions
• Eliminating individual manager risk via:
  • diversification among strategies and managers
  • thorough due diligence process before hiring each manager
  • ongoing monitoring of manager’s performance and business
  • continuous review of innovative technologies