Segall Bryant & Hamill has been managing Alternative Investment portfolios for our private and institutional clients since 1999. We believe that a hedge fund of funds is the most appropriate avenue for many clients to gain exposure to alternative investment strategies. Hedge funds typically require large minimum investments, are not freely marketable, and are often open only to selected investors. For these reasons a pooled or fund of funds approach allows investors to participate in a well-diversified portfolio of hedge funds across numerous investment strategies chosen by Segall Bryant & Hamill through our formal and disciplined research process.

Our Alternative Investment portfolios are designed and managed to realize absolute positive returns over a period of years irrespective of the returns offered by the U.S. equity and fixed income markets. Our portfolios are diversified across a number of alternative strategies that, when combined, add positive risk-adjusted returns for investors. In addition, because these types of investments are typically not strongly correlated with U.S. securities markets, hedge funds, when combined with traditional equity and fixed investments, are expected to reduce overall portfolio volatility.

We have a highly-experienced Alternative Investment team with diverse backgrounds in audit, hedge fund operations, executive search, and engineering. In addition, the Alternative Investment team leverages the financial markets and economic expertise of the Segall Bryant & Hamill fixed income and equity analysts and portfolio managers. We feel the Alternative Investment team’s unique skill sets and our ability to utilize the traditional investment team as an integral part of our research process enhance our edge and allow us to make better decisions when evaluating and investing in hedge funds.