Arden employs a disciplined and systematic four stage research-driven process that has been carefully refined over 15 years, in managing multi-manager portfolios which are designed with the intent of producing consistent performance results with low correlation to the global equity and fixed income markets.

MANAGER SOURCING

  • Proprietary sources, referrals, professional & personal relationships
  • Quantitative & qualitative screening of 8,000 + funds
  • 2,500 + funds graduate to proprietary peer group database for further analysis

DUE DILIGENCE

  • Over 1,500 manager contacts per year
  • In-depth comprehensive hedge fund analysis and due diligence
  • Extensive operational and risk management review
  • Investment committee approval of managers before investment

PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION

  • Bottom-up manager assessment & selection
  • Top-down strategy allocation based on macro conditions
  • Quantitative analytics & portfolio optimization
  • Typical portfolio constitutes 20-35 managers

MONITORING & RISK MANAGEMENT

  • Portfolio & manager-level monitoring & analysis
  • Quantitative models used to analyze risk
  • Stress tests, Value-at-Risk & exposure analysis
  • Monthly manager reviews