Man Investments is marketing a new series of notes to wealthy investors, aimed at offering exposure to managed futures.
Man AHL Diversified Strategies offer a choice of different risk/return profiles for US dollar- and euro-guaranteed bonds, and non-guaranteed US dollar income bonds. Capital guarantees for the growth options are provided by Credit Suisse International.
"We believe Man AHL Diversified Strategies Ltd will generate a lot of interest, since it is a great portfolio enhancer," said Christoph Möller, global head of distribution at Man Investments. "It has the potential to offer a low or even negative correlation to stocks and bonds, and therefore reduce the volatility of a portfolio while offering an additional source of return."
Man AHL Diversified Strategies Limited allocates to the AHL Diversified Programme, which is based on a quantitative and mainly directional investment strategy diversified across more than 150 liquid markets including commodities, currencies, stocks and bonds.
Upward and downward price trends in these markets are systematically identified and capitalised upon, and the strategy also offers a low correlation to traditional investments in periods of market downturn.
According to Man Investments, during the 2008 the AHL Diversified Programme generated a return of 33.2%.
These products are available now in Recent Additions (Offshore, Institutional and Private Banking).