Aberdeen Solutions

Our multi-asset investment options

Along with our traditional investment areas, we give clients an added range of options with fund of hedge fund and multi-manager investments.

Our specialists in these areas can provide portfolios and funds that aim to increase diversification and optimise returns.

We can also offer a range of passive fund solutions.

Our investment approach

• Active management of diversified multi-asset portfolios, multi-manager funds and funds of hedge funds.
• Bottom-up, original research is the cornerstone of our investment process.
• In-depth interviews with management before any investment is made.
• Continual improvement of risk management controls.
• Team-based approach with managers working collaboratively across our London, Edinburgh, Paris and Philadelphia offices.

Our process

Our key values

Active management

Our specialist asset class teams carefully research and select securities to build portfolios for our clients. Meanwhile, our multi-manager and fund of hedge fund teams research and invest in highly-skilled third party manager funds.

A focus on long-term investing

In multi-manager funds, we add value for our clients by building strong relationships with managers who we believe will provide the best risk-adjusted performance.

This approach mirrors our mainstream equity investment process, which is based on regular company visits with management. In multi-asset portfolios and the ‘balanced’ element of multi-manager products, we also use top-down processes to help us build better portfolios and reduce risk.

Risk management

We use risk management controls specific to asset classes and match our clients’ own risk appetites, agreed risk budgets and any other mandate constraints. Our investment decision-making process is mainly qualitative, but in our fund of hedge funds and multi-manager businesses we also use a lot of quantitative inputs to help us make investment decisions.

Original research

First-hand analysis is one of our top priorities when making investment decisions. Although our alternative asset management is different from our traditional areas of investment, the key values stay the same. These are:

• Repeated investment meetings to verify our decisions
• In-depth, original research
• Disciplined attention to risk control