Momentum Performance Strategies (Pioneer Investments), founded in 1986, specializes in low volatility hedge fund-of-funds and has earned a stellar reputation in fund circles for their excellent product range. The group currently has three categories of fund risk, ranging from the low volatility AllWeather funds to mid-risk Orbit Range and the aggressive risk Meteor Trading Range of funds. Momentum is domiciled offshore in Bermuda. The group was purchased in May 2002 by Pioneer Investments, a division of Italy’s Unicredito.

Global Asset Management (GAM) has a stable of excellent alternative investment funds offering impressive long-term returns and low-to-negative correlations to traditional assets. GAM is owned by Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). GAM offers a wide range of products, now numbering over 135 offshore funds with over $30 billion under management. In 1983, GAM pioneered the multi-fund strategy, pooling the assets of their investors in products that invest in shares of the world’s best performing managers. Today GAM not only provides excellent long-term returns, but has additionally lowered its risk profile by achieving low standard deviation with negative market correlations.

ED&F Man, one of England’s oldest investment houses dating back to 1783, has a successful investment unit called Man Investment Products. Domiciled in Pfaffikon, Switzerland, Man manages $40 billion in offshore fund assets. The group specializes in multi-manager hedge funds and managed futures and options funds. Man is also ranked as one of the premier investment houses in the managed futures sector since 1990.

• Global Asset Management (Ireland)
• Momentum Performance Strategies Limited (Bermuda)
• Man Investments (Switzerland)