Alternative Investment:

The board spectrum of alternative investments (AI) allows managers to capture investment opportunities in any market condition by fully utilizing a large range of investment strategies and asset classes. Greater flexibility in trading strategies permits managers to take both long and short positions, together with use of leverage, to enhance return. Leverage level varies from each program depending on its risk management and each manager's technique.

Alternative Investment tends to diversify market and portfolio risk by investing in uncorrelated markets with flexible trading strategies, hence the accumulative risk adjusted return will outperform the traditional investment. Alternative investment is usually with a specific focus on sector, geographical, strategy and a combination. The unique feature of each strategy allows manager to profit from different market sentiment.