MGAI provides a range of fund of hedge funds solutions focusing on conservative strategies through a disciplined and low risk approach.

Our goal is to identify the leading alternative asset managers worldwide and create a high quality product range to meet our clients' requirements for low risk, absolute returns.

• Headquartered in London, UK
• Founded in 2001 (funds established Q3)
• AUM US$1.5 billion^*
• Investment manager specialising in alternative investment strategies
• Driven by qualitative analysis and in-depth research
• Unique proprietary database: AdvantHedge®
• Focus on conservative hedge fund strategies

• Driven by qualitative analysis and considers all aspects of a hedge fund business - not simply past performance
• Focus on conservative hedge fund strategies
• Proprietary research and risk management database, AdvantHedge, used to identify and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each fund relative to its peer group
• Strict selection criteria and active monitoring programme
• Management team with complementary skills in fund management, research, risk management, systems development, product structuring and due diligence

• Strategy analysis - detailed analysis to identify the optimal strategies based on expectations of future risk and return
• Peer group review - utilise an extensive network of established contacts supported by a quantitative database providing coverage of several thousand hedge funds
• Qualitative evaluation - a disciplined, transparent investment and due diligence process
• Company visits - the team is prepared to travel globally to visit the highest quality managers and understands that more information can be ascertained through meetings than in publication material
• Due diligence - references from other investment professionals and due diligence questionnaires to fund manager's counterparties are sought and cross-checked independently
• Risk management - a disciplined risk management and monitoring process is adhered to at all times
• Ongoing monitoring - to ensure that the selected managers continue to meet the high standards

^{* Source: Mellon Global Alternative Investments as at 30 June 2007}