J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management (JPMAAM) has been dedicated to the management of hedge fund products and solutions for 17 years. With 66 professionals globally and approximately $9 billion* in assets, JPMAAM offers a broad range of products and capabilities to help investors achieve their strategic hedge fund and asset allocation objectives. These solutions include, but are not limited to, multi-manager/multi-strategy portfolios, strategy specific portfolios such as equity or credit focused, and other specialized strategies.
JPMAAM At a Glance
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Paul Zummo
Chief Investment Officer
In the news
April 2012
J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management finds alpha in unusual places (pdf)
Corey Case, Paul Zummo and the J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management franchise were recently featured in
Hedge Funds Review. The profile focuses on how JPMAAM balances creativity and discipline in their search for alpha, the depth and breadth of their investment talent, their ability to customize tailored solutions for clients and their commitment to state-of-the-art technology and rigorous due diligence.
September 2011
Customisation takes root at JP Morgan (pdf)
InvestHedge published by
Hedge Fund Intelligence, profiles JPMAAM's hedge fund business, highlighting JPMAAM as “among the fortunate few with the people power, institutional relationships, and the technical expertise…to pull off customized solutions.”
Research and publications
Tail hedging solutions for uncertain times
"Our focus on capital efficient hedging techniques means that less capital is needed to achieve a given level of protection, allowing investors to seek higher performing investments."
Portfolio 2011, Hedge Funds: A new paradigm
"...hedge fund investors are looking at hedge funds in a different light. They are no longer considering hedge funds an “asset class.” Rather they are more appropriately analyzing and disaggregating the funds on a risk factor basis to fit them within their overall allocation framework."
Hedge Funds: Risk Aggregation & Monitoring
"...we believe that a comprehensive and scalable portfolio management platform that can track, aggregate, analyze, stress test and report on your hedge fund portfolio is essential for converting "better transparency" into "better decision-making."
JPMAAM at a glance
JPMAAM’s investment philosophy revolves around building a culture that empowers our professionals to ask questions, challenge perceptions and seek unique solutions. Our research focus is to select the best hedge fund managers and to construct portfolios designed to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns for our clients. We have the necessary scale and resources to construct a wide range of customized solutions for our investors, who are increasingly demanding that their hedge fund allocations adhere to their unique performance, risk, exposure and liquidity objectives; it is therefore critical that we employ highly skilled professionals in the areas of hedge fund research, risk management, and investor relations, and continually make capital investments in areas such as technology to provide our employees with the most advanced tools to do their jobs.
Summarized below are several of our principles:
- Hedge fund research and due diligence is the core function of our business
- Rigorous risk management underpins every stage of our investment process
- Specialization of all due diligence functions ensures deep understanding of underlying hedge funds
- Constant innovation to access new opportunities and address challenges
- Partnership with our clients to empower them to effectively manage their hedge fund allocations
- Implementation options designed to suit a range of client needs -- through commingled and customized portfolios, on both a discretionary and advisory basis
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*As of June 30, 2012. The managers seek to achieve the stated objectives. There can be no guarantee the objectives will be met.
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