We offer a number of perspectives on this important question.
While it is true that the investment management profession is not undersupplied, we believe that there are in fact only few companies which share our position on the spectrum between large institutional houses at one end and hedge funds at the other. We are bespoke, long only fund managers. We are not a hedge fund but we invest for absolute returns and have excellent risk control. These are the products of our balanced approach and the unusually high level of care we take over client accounts.
As with our investment management business, our regulatory umbrella offering is somewhat unique. Aspects which set it aside from the competition include the fact that we do not take stakes in incubatee companies. We merely facilitate their access to market and permit them to conduct regulated activities. Their exit is flagged at the point of entry, and is automatic on the receipt of approval by the regulator. This means that there is no complex dis-entanglement and no continuing burden to pay us fees following separation.