Best Asset Managers By Korean Investors

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $975 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis.

Founded in 1994 in Sweden, EQT is a purpose driven global investment organization focused on active ownership and value-add investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has strong ties to the prominent Wallenberg family and a 160-year industrial heritage from which the company derives its philosophy of long-term ownership. With offices in 23 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, EQT has over 1,300 employees, a total AUM of 73bn EUR and 28 active funds. In 2021, total investments by the EQT funds increased to EUR 20.6bn.

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of The Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR’s website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

Partners Group is a leading global private markets firm. Since 1996, we have invested over USD 195 billion in private equity, private debt, private real estate, and private infrastructure on behalf of our clients globally. We seek to generate strong returns through capitalizing on thematic growth trends and transforming attractive businesses and assets into market leaders. We are a committed, responsible investor and aim to create sustainable returns with lasting, positive impact for all our stakeholders.

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs nearly 600 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has approximately $832 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of nearly $108 billion in discretionary assets and over $724 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2022. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamilton-lane/.

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40 years of experience and more than $106 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2022. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit. https://www.harbourvest.com/

LGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with over USD 85 billion in assets under management and more than 600 institutional clients in 43 countries. An international team of over 700 professionals is responsible for managing a wide range of investment programs focusing on private markets, liquid alternatives, and multi-asset class solutions. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon (SZ), Switzerland, the Firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Dublin, London, Paris, Vaduz, Frankfurt am Main, Luxembourg, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Since 1972, Adams Street Partners has solely focused on private markets investment management. Over the past five decades, we have been recognized as one of the most respected and experienced private markets investment managers in the industry. With 12 offices located in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo, our deep industry experience and global outlook provide clients with customized access to the spectrum of private markets strategies. Adams Street manages $52 billion in assets for more than 560 institutional investors, including corporate and public pensions, foundations, family offices, and endowments. Propelled by our expertise, relationships, technology, and insights, Adams Street Partners strives to chart the path forward for the private markets and our clients. Drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships, Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycle.

StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.

Based in Boston and San Francisco, Audax Private Equity is a leading middle market investment firm with approximately $15 billion of assets under management, over 185 employees, and 80-plus investment professionals. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has invested in more than 160 platforms and 1,150 add-on acquisitions. Through our disciplined buy-and-build approach, across six core industry verticals, Audax helps portfolio companies execute on organic and inorganic growth initiatives that fuel revenue expansion, optimize operations, and significantly increase equity value. Audax Private Equity is a part of Audax Group, a leading alternative investment manager with approximately $36 billion of assets under management. For more information, visit audaxprivateequity.com.

New Mountain Capital, LLC, together with its affiliates (“New Mountain”), manages private equity, credit and net lease capital with aggregate assets under management totaling more than $37 billion. New Mountain Capital emphasizes intensive fundamental research and a growth-oriented, “value-add” investment approach, rather than reliance on excessive risk, as the best path to high and consistent long-term returns. New Mountain Capital has proactively developed particular research and operational expertise in carefully selected defensive growth niches of healthcare, software, business services, information and data, logistics, specialty chemicals, federal services, financial services, and environmental services. New Mountain Capital works systematically to establish expertise in additional sectors over time.

Veritas is a longstanding technology investor with over $40 billion of assets under management and a focus on companies operating at the intersection of technology and government. The firm invests in companies that provide critical products, software, and services, primarily technology and technology-enabled solutions, to government and commercial customers worldwide. Veritas seeks to create value by strategically transforming the companies in which it invests through organic and inorganic means. Leveraging technology to make a positive impact across vitally important areas, such as healthcare, education, and national security, is core to the firm. Veritas is a proud steward of national assets, improving the quality of healthcare while reducing cost, advancing our educational system, and protecting our nation and allies. For more information, visit www.veritascapital.com.

ARDIAN, founded in 1996, is a leading private investment company with assets of $150 billion managed or advised globally. The firm seeks to invest in a way that responsibly promotes enduring value, returns and shared outcomes for investors, partners, portfolio companies and their employees. ARDIAN’s investment process holds three values at its core: excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship. ARDIAN maintains a global network, with over 1,000 employees working in 16 offices worldwide. The company offers its investors a diversified choice of funds in the private market; Private Debt, Fund of Funds, Direct Funds including Infrastructure, Expansion, Mid-cap Buyout, Growth, Co-Investment, and Real Estate.

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of December 2022, Ares Management Corporation’s global platform had approximately $352 billion of assets under management, with over 2,500 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

ICG provides flexible capital solutions to help companies develop and grow. We are a leading global alternative asset manager with over 30 years’ history, managing $74.5bn of assets and investing across the capital structure. We operate across four asset classes: Structured and Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets, and Credit. We develop long-term relationships with our business partners to deliver value for shareholders, clients, and employees, and use our position of influence to benefit the environment and society. We are committed to being a net zero asset manager across our operations and relevant investments by 2040. www.icgam.com

Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced credit asset manager. We specialize in delivering reliable, creative and compelling financing solutions to companies backed by private equity sponsors. Our sponsor finance expertise also forms the foundation of our Broadly Syndicated Loan and Credit Opportunities investment programs. We nurture long-term, win-win partnerships that inspire repeat business from private equity sponsors and investors. As of January 1, 2023, Golub Capital had over 775 employees and over $60 billion of capital under management, a gross measure of invested capital including leverage. The firm has lending offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and London. For more information, please visit golubcapital.com.

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $170 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,050 employees and offices in 20 cities worldwide. For additional information, please visit Oaktree’s website at http://www.oaktreecapital.com/.

With more than $60 billion of capital under management and administration as of December 31, 2022, Antares is a private debt credit manager and a leading provider of financing and investment solutions for middle-market private equity-backed borrowers and investors. Since its founding in 1996, Antares has built one of the industry’s largest and longest-tenured portfolios of middle market companies, and has been recognized by industry organizations as a leading provider of middle market private debt. Through its advisory business, Antares offers investors exposure to direct lending and broadly syndicated loan investments through funds, separately managed accounts, and collateralized loan obligations. Antares is committed to championing middle market growth throughout market cycles. Doing so allows its people, partners and communities to achieve their full potential. The company maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Visit Antares at www.antares.com or follow the company on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/antares-capital-lp. Antares Capital is a subsidiary of Antares Holdings LP, (collectively, “Antares”).

The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, direct lending, infrastructure, special situations debt, and biohealth. We partner with committed management teams and entrepreneurs and help build businesses of significant value. Our team of over 500 investment professionals has substantial operating, consulting, technology and financial management experience, enabling us to drive value creation in our portfolio companies. Since 1993, we have invested in more than 400 companies with combined revenues in excess of $52 billion. We invest in companies throughout the U.S., Europe and Latin America and have offices in Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta, and affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Paris in Europe as well as Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Latin America.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier boutique asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, asset-based lending, specialty finance, opportunistic and structured credit, and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and maintains offices in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, New York, San Francisco, and Seoul. For more information, please visit www.monroecap.com.

TCW is a leading global asset management firm with five decades of investment experience and a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets, and alternative investments. TCW’s clients include many of the world’s largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and high net worth individuals.

Park Square Capital is one of Europe’s leading private debt firms, providing credit solutions to high-quality and stable companies across Europe and the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and remains independent. Park Square has invested more than $21bn in senior and subordinated debt across different market cycles and today manages over $12bn of capital1. Park Square has a team of 17 highly experienced senior professionals, each with an average of 17 years’ experience of credit investing, and over 100 staff in total. Park Square has offices in London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Seoul, Stockholm and Luxembourg. Park Square can invest across the capital structure and through the economic cycle. Park Square currently manages over $12bn of capital on behalf of its investors, which include global public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and asset managers. ** from PSC homepage: https://parksquarecapital.com/about-us

CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $149.3 billion in assets under management* as of December 31, 2022, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive. CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2022 revenue). CBRE has approximately 115,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information, please visit www.cbreim.com. *Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Investment Management’s presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.

USAA Real Estate, having acquired the balance of Square Mile Capital in 2021, has fully integrated the two entities under a new corporate brand name, Affinius Capital®. Under the Affinius banner, the company will continue to provide strategic equity and debt capital, leveraging the accelerating demand for technology-driven real estate assets, structured credit, and flexible deal structures, while meeting the critical need for rental housing solutions. Along with its affiliate companies, Affinius Capital continues to invest across the risk spectrum for a global client base, managing over $35 billion in net assets under management within a diversified portfolio across North America and Europe. For more information, visit www.affiniuscapital.com.

LaSalle Investment Management is one of the global world leaders in real estate investment management. LaSalle is focused solely on real estate, offering the clients a unique depth of investment expertise and experience. As part of the Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated group (NYSE: JLL), one of the world’s largest real estate companies, LaSalle has unparalleled access to resources in every market. With over 40 years of experience, LaSalle manages capital on behalf of a diverse client base, representing pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and individual investors from across the globe. LaSalle offers a range of investment opportunities that span geographies and cover the risk/return spectrum. LaSalle invests in private equity, private debt and public real estate securities, through separate accounts, commingled funds and indirect investments that include multi-manager, joint ventures and co- investment structures targeting large-scale transactions. Research plays an integral role in developing the investment strategies, providing both macro-level insights into broad trends and micro analysis of potential investments and submarkets. This enables LaSalle to quickly identify and take advantage of opportunities, which allows to deliver competitive investment performance.

Bridge Investment Group is a leading, vertically integrated real estate investment manager, diversified across specialized asset classes, with approximately $43.3 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2022. Bridge combines its nationwide operating platform with dedicated teams of investment professionals focused on select U.S. real estate verticals: residential rental, office, development, logistics properties, net lease, and real estate-backed credit.

Madison Realty Capital is a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm that manages approximately $10 billion in total assets* on behalf of an institutional global investor base. Since 2004, Madison Realty Capital has completed more than $22 billion in transactions* in the U.S. providing borrowers with flexible and highly customized financing solutions, strong underwriting capabilities, and certainty of execution. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles, the firm has over 60 employees across all real estate investment, development, and property management disciplines. Madison Realty Capital has been named to Commercial Observer’s prestigious “Power 100” list of New York City real estate players every year since 2016.

Rockwood Capital is a real estate investment management firm founded in 1995 that provides debt and equity capital combined with real estate operating expertise for the repositioning, development, redevelopment and recapitalization of residential, office, retail and hotel space in key markets throughout the United States. Rockwood has offices in New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Los Angeles, CA. Since inception, Rockwood and its principals have invested in approximately $39.4 billion of real estate and real estate-related assets (gross asset value). As of Q4 2022, Rockwood manages a portfolio of approximately $14.1billion (gross asset value). Rockwood’s international investor base includes sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, funds of funds, high net worth individuals and family offices.

With approximately $800 billion in assets under management, and an over 100-year heritage as a global owner and operator, we focus on investing in the backbone of the global economy, and are committed to supporting and enhancing the communities in which we operate. We put our own capital to work alongside our partners’ in virtually every transaction, aligning interests and bringing the strengths of our operational expertise, global reach and large-scale capital to bear on everything we do.

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact for everyone. Trusted by institutions, pension funds, governments, and individuals to manage approximately US$59 billion in assets globally, we provide access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including infrastructure, green investments, real estate, agriculture & natural assets, asset finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi asset solutions. Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity, and commodities. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group employs more than 19,000 people in 33 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. All figures as at 30 September 2022. For more information, please visit Macquarie.com

ARDIAN, founded in 1996, is a leading private investment company with assets of $150 billion managed or advised globally. The firm seeks to invest in a way that responsibly promotes enduring value, returns and shared outcomes for investors, partners, portfolio companies and their employees. ARDIAN’s investment process holds three values at its core: excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship. ARDIAN maintains a global network, with over 1,000 employees working in 16 offices worldwide. The company offers its investors a diversified choice of funds in the private market; Private Debt, Fund of Funds, Direct Funds including Infrastructure, Expansion, Mid-cap Buyout, Growth, Co-Investment, and Real Estate.

Pantheon was founded in 1982 and over four decades has established itself as a global multi-strategy private markets investor in private equity, infrastructure, and private debt. Pantheon established a dedicated infrastructure team in 2009, building on the experience learned within private equity. Today, Pantheon manages $88.9 billion of assets on behalf of nearly 1,000 institutional investors globally. Pantheon has a global presence, with 11 offices globally including the headquarter in London. As one or first-movers in infrastructure secondary market, Pantheon’s infrastructure dedicated investment team has been generating strong performance, combining considerable direct industry experience, sub-sector specialization, and secondary investment expertise.

Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. Headquartered in Paris, it employs c.70 professionals working together since a decade. Vauban is the fully fledged affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, dedicated to sustainable infrastructure equity investments. Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield mid-market assets pursuing a long-term yield-driven strategy matching the underlying nature of assets and long-term commitment to all stakeholders’ interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value. Vauban has raised c.€8 billion across 7 funds in core infrastructure from over 100 investors within 17 different countries and has invested in over 70 assets in mobility, energy transition, social & digital infrastructure across 13 different geographies.

Schroders Korea Limited was established in 2001 as a local subsidiary. It gained prominence in the Korean market with its Europe equity and Emerging Markets funds—most notably, the BRICs fund which proved extremely popular during the rise of fund of fund investments. Its success ensued with its Multi-Asset Funds, which actively and effectively introduced diversified investments across different assets, such as equity and fixed income to the Korean market. Schroders Korea Limited consistently pursues and pioneers sustainable investments. In 2020, it was the first foreign asset management company to launch an ESG fund called the ‘Schroders Global Sustainable Growth Fund’. In addition, Schroders Private Assets Brand, Schroders Capital, offers a diversified range of investment strategies, including private equity, securitized credit, real estate and infrastructure. Schroders Korea' Recent Awards: - ‘Best of the Best’ in ‘Infrastructure (Mid Cap)’ category, as part of its Best Asset Managers 2021 by Korean Investors Awards. - ‘Best Communication’ in Infrastructure(Large Cap) category in 2020, as part of the same awards.

InfraRed Capital Partners is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Sydney, Seoul and currently manages USD 14bn of equity. In 1994, IRCP advised the UK government on PFI programme and has over 26 years of track record with its first infrastructure investment in 1997. InfraRed is a part of SLC Management which is the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life. Sun Life is Toronto headquartered and has total assets under management of ca. CAD 1,326bn.

3i is a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market private equity and infrastructure. Its core investment markets are northern Europe and North America. For further information, please visit: www.3i.com.

Citadel is a leading investor in the word’s financial markets. For over thirty years, it has sought to deliver market-leading investment returns to capital partners including retirement programs, endowments and foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. Citadel invests in all major asset classes in the world’s largest financial markets, deploying capital across five core strategies: Equities, Fixed Income and Macro, Credit, Commodities and Quantitative Strategies. It empower the most talented minds in finance with an unparalleled combination of deep fundamental research, predictive analytics, and leading-edge technology to identify and capture new opportunities. Its world-class global team brings together the art of investing with the science of finance to help our capital partners achieve their financial goals. Citadel drives its mission through a culture of excellence: constantly improving, continuously learning, rewarding results, and winning with integrity. Citadel has more than 2,700 employees globally, with headquarters in Miami, and offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. Citadel is the No.1 most profitable hedge fund manager of all time by net gains since inception as of December 31, 20222 (according to LCH Investments). Citadel made a record profit of $16 billion in 2022, the largest annual gain ever made by a hedge fund manager. Its net gain since inception has reached $65.9 billion as of December 31, 2022, also exceeded its peers. Citadel’s flagship multi-strategy fund returned 38.1% in 2022, exceeding the fund’s strong three decade average return of 19.7% annualized since inception in 1990. The vast majority of our external investors are prominent institutions around the world, including some of the world’s largest pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments. Outside of these institutions, the largest investor in our funds are our principals and employees. This means that we have a strong alignment of interests with our capital partners. Offices in: Miami Chicago, New York, London, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Dallas, Greenwich, Houston, Dublin, Boston, Shanghai, Toronto, Los Angeles, Austin, Zurich, Singapore, and Sydney. AUM: $55 billion (as of Feb 1, 2023)

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment and committed capital as of March 1, 2023, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. We have more than 2,000 employees globally and are led by a six-person Executive Committee whose members have worked together for nearly two decades. Since our founding in 1988, we have earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff.

We are an active investment management firm focused on delivering attractive performance and client portfolio solutions, deploying the latest technology across our business to help ensure we stay at the forefront of our evolving industry. We provide long-only, alternative and private markets products on a single and multi-manager basis. We develop bespoke solutions and fund of hedge fund services which utilise the firm's advanced technology, infrastructure and expertise. We continuously invest in technology, talent and research as we strive to deliver the best results for our clients. Across our investment managers, we manage US$ 143.3bn* for our global clients, with institutional investors contributing 79% (2022) of the group’s funds under management. * as at 31 December 2022.

Systematica Investments is an institutional hedge fund manager that focuses on rigorously applying science and technology to the investment process. Founded by Leda Braga, Systematica launched in January 2015 after a decade of experience within BlueCrest Capital Management. Systematica manages approximately $17.5 billion across several futures, equity and OTC based strategies in both a traditional hedge fund format as well as liquid alternatives. The firm’s philosophy focuses on innovation, excellence in research and a commitment to fostering a strong alignment with investors. Systematica has a global presence, with headquarters in Jersey, and offices in Geneva, London, New York, Singapore and Shanghai. The current headcount is 138 staff members.

Garda Capital Partners LP is a global investment management firm with a 19+ year track record of successfully deploying relative value (RV) strategies across fixed-income markets for institutional investors. Garda’s collaborative and rigorous approach to investing, as well as the firm’s commitment to transparency, have earned us the trust of investors and counterparties over many market cycles. Jeff Drobny (CEO) launched the firm’s flagship Fixed Income Relative Value Opportunities (FIRVO) strategy in 2003 within Black River, Cargill’s alternative investment subsidiary. The team spun out of Black River in early 2016 and is led by its co-founders: Jeff Drobny, Tim Magnusson (CIO, FIRVO), and Robert Goedken (GC) as well as other members of the firm’s leadership team. Garda is headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota with other primary offices in New York, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Copenhagen, and Singapore.

Verition Fund Management LLC manages a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund focused on global investment strategies including Credit, Fixed Income & Macro, Convertible & Volatility Arbitrage, Event-Driven, Equity Long/Short & Capital Markets Trading, and Quantitative Strategies. The Verition Multi-Strategy Fund seeks to construct a diversified portfolio with low correlation to traditional and alternative asset classes and consistently attractive risk adjusted returns. Capital is allocated dynamically across the strategies based on the market view and opportunity set for each individual investment team.