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Hedge Fund Advisory · Accredited Investors Only

Manager research, portfolio construction, monitoring.

For institutions, family offices and accredited allocators — globally. We curate, research, and build with hedge funds across 15+ strategies.

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For accredited investors only. Informational use; not investment advice.
By the numbers
USD 0M+
Assets advised
0+
Institutional clients
0
Hedge fund strategies covered
What we do

Four things, done thoroughly.

We focus narrowly so we can go deep. Every engagement is anchored to one or more of these capabilities.

01

A curated roster of hedge funds

Across 15 strategies — event-driven credit, equity long/short, equity market neutral, global macro, CTA / GTAA, merger arbitrage, ABS, structured credit, distressed debt, convertible arbitrage, multi-strategy and more. Coverage is global with a meaningful European tilt.

02

AI-augmented manager research

Quant analytics fused with qualitative judgment. Variance decomposition against in-house benchmarks, factor exposure, drawdown stress, manager interviews, and structured IC notes.

03

In-house alternative benchmarks

Proprietary strategy benchmarks built from constituent fund universes — the references against which residual alpha and idiosyncratic risk are measured in every IC note.

04

Bespoke FoHF mandates

Project-based fund-of-hedge-fund construction using HRP, Factor Risk Parity and mean-variance frameworks — volatility-scaled to your risk budget, with strategic and tactical layers.

Engagement

A four-step advisory process.

Each engagement begins with a clear mandate and ends with a portfolio that is monitored in the open. Below is the path every client takes with us.

01

Mandate

Discovery sessions to define investment objectives, risk budget, liquidity needs, regulatory constraints and benchmark expectations.

02

Research

Quant analytics, variance decomposition and qualitative manager interviews. Composite scoring across nine institutional dimensions.

03

Construction

Risk parity, mean–variance and factor-based optimisation, scaled to the client's risk budget. Strategic and tactical layers.

04

Monitoring

Periodic reviews, attribution analysis, ongoing ODD, and rebalancing recommendations. Transparent reporting throughout.

Our edge

Agentic AI for manager insight.

We combine large-language-model reasoning with our own quantitative library to interrogate factsheets, derive variance decomposition against proprietary indices, surface concentration and liquidity stresses, and write structured manager notes — at a depth and cadence that traditional research cannot match.

Manager research

A framework that institutions recognise.

Every manager is scored on a composite that weights nine institutional dimensions. Headline returns are decomposed against our in-house benchmarks, isolating residual alpha from factor beta. Concentration, key-man, liquidity and ODD risks are surfaced explicitly, not buried.

Strategy & Edge
20%
Investment Process
15%
Performance & Risk
20%
Portfolio Char.
10%
Team & Org
10%
Risk Management
10%
Terms
5%
Operational DD
5%
Capacity
5%
Sample IC Note · Watchlist
European Event-Driven Credit Fund
Bottom-up fundamental, scenario-weighted
Annual Return
9.01%
Sharpe
0.87
Jensen Alpha
+6.08%
Beta vs S&P
0.24
Idiosyncratic R²
89.1%
Max Drawdown
-16.83%
Composite Score 68.8 / 100
Strategies covered

Fifteen hedge fund strategies.

Coverage is global, with deep specialisation across the strategies below.

Event-Driven Credit Equity Long/Short Equity Market Neutral Global Macro CTA / GTAA Merger Arbitrage Asset-Backed Securities Structured Credit Quantitative Equity Distressed Debt Convertible Arbitrage Multi-Strategy Activist Emerging Market Debt Insurance-Linked
Portfolio construction

Risk-aware fund-of-hedge-fund design.

We build portfolios across the methodologies most appropriate to a mandate's risk budget. Each construction is volatility-scaled to the client's target risk and rebalanced quarterly, with strategic and tactical overlays.

Hierarchical Risk Parity

Cluster-aware diversification — allocates to each strategy cluster before drilling into managers, robust to estimation error.

Sharpe
1.42
Multiple
2.24×
Factor Risk Parity (L/S)

Equal risk contribution across orthogonal factors — long/short tilts surface where strategies are paid for taking risk.

Sharpe
1.40
Multiple
2.20×
Mean-Variance Optimisation

Proprietary optimiser using forward-looking capital market expectations — sets strategic and tactical asset allocation tilts.

Approach
CMA-driven
Layers
SAA · TAA
Tech & Functional

Saptarshi CFA

Alternatives Insight

Key skills and experience: Multi-Asset Portfolio Management (16+ years), Hedge Fund Manager Research, and Quantitative Modelling.

Currently Director at GreatBear Capital spearheading FoHF mandates and risk-based fund-of-fund construction. Previously managed multi-asset portfolios at Octopus Investments in London, including an absolute-return UCITS fund of hedge funds, and was risk & quant analyst at FQS Capital Partners.

Manager research spans Equity L/S, Market Neutral, CTA / GTAA, Global Macro, Merger Arbitrage and Event-Driven Credit. Has built proprietary mean–variance and risk parity frameworks for strategic asset allocation.

Charter
CFA
2013
Master's
Masters in Management
Imperial College London
Engineering
BE, Distinction
Gujarat University
Business Development

Daisy

Alternatives Insight

Key skills and experience: Business Development (8+ years).

Postgraduate in Management from Aston University, UK and an engineer by background. Previously Client Management head of a private wealth management practice at KGS, engaging with an elite list of HNI entrepreneurs and family offices to implement their private wealth investment policy, including discretionary fund advisory.

Earlier worked at RMS, a quant risk firm in the UK, where she developed a keen understanding of technical resource management. Represented India twice as a member of the South Asian Youth Environment Network (SAYEN) at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Master's
Masters in Business
Aston University, UK
Practice
Business Dev
Client Management
Domains
Wealth Mgmt
Human Capital
Questions

Things people ask us.

Who can engage Alternatives Insight?
Accredited and institutional investors only — single and multi-family offices, endowments, foundations, RIAs, wealth managers, pension plans, and corporate treasuries. Each engagement is contractual with clearly defined scope.
What is your fee model?
Either a periodic retainer or a project mandate. We do not accept any trailing fees, kickbacks, rebates, or commissions from hedge fund managers — clients pay us directly, which protects independence.
How do you research a manager?
A hybrid framework: AI-driven quant analytics (variance decomposition, factor exposure, distribution analytics, drawdown stress tests) combined with traditional qualitative work — manager interviews, ODD, peer-group analysis. Output is a structured IC note with a composite score across nine dimensions.
What strategies do you cover?
15 strategies, including event-driven credit, equity long/short, equity market neutral, global macro, CTA / GTAA, merger arbitrage, asset-backed securities, structured credit, distressed debt, convertible arbitrage, multi-strategy, activist, emerging market debt, insurance-linked and quantitative equity. Coverage is global with a meaningful European tilt.
Do you build fund of hedge fund portfolios?
Yes, on a project mandate basis. We design and document the construction (HRP, Factor Risk Parity, mean-variance), set strategic and tactical layers, and provide ongoing monitoring and rebalancing recommendations.
What benchmarks do you use?
Our own AlternativesInsight strategy benchmarks, constructed from constituent fund universes per strategy. These are the references against which residual alpha and idiosyncratic risk are measured in IC notes.
Are you regulated?
We act as an independent advisory consultant to accredited and institutional clients. Engagements are governed by formal advisory contracts with defined scope, deliverables, and confidentiality terms.
Engagement model

Allocator pays. No trailing fees.

Independence is structural, not aspirational. We accept no trailing fees, rebates, kickbacks or commissions from hedge fund managers. Every engagement is paid for by the allocator, on terms quoted up-front.

Ready to engage?

A 30-minute discovery call is the easiest place to start. We'll cover your mandate, our coverage, and whether a retainer or project model fits best.

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