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About Blackstone

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 $684 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis.

M&G Investments is a global asset manager with a long history investing and innovating across both public and private markets. 

As an active manager we build solutions around what matters most to our clients whether it be investing for growth or income, to meet future liabilities, protect capital or invest responsibly.  

Together, through a strong sense of partnership and collaboration, we support a culture of continued innovation to build long-term relationships as needs evolve over time. 

We offer access to a broad range of capabilities that span both public and private assets including fixed income, equities, multi-asset, real estate, infrastructure and private equity.  

Globally we manage over £284 billion (at December 2020) on behalf of individual and institutional investors including pension funds, endowments and foundations, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, banks and family offices.

Sculptor Capital Management is a leading alternative asset manager with capabilities across multi-strategy, credit and real estate. Sculptor has a track record of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns across market cycles. As of September 1, 2021, Sculptor manages approximately $37.3 billion and has a global presence with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Sculptor Real Estate, founded in 2003, invests in opportunistic real estate private equity and real estate credit in the U.S. and Europe. Since its inception, Sculptor Real Estate has raised approximately $7.9 billion of dedicated real estate capital and has completed more than 173 transactions across 25 diverse real estate asset classes.

400 Capital Management LLC is an employee-owned alternative credit asset manager led by four partners with over three decades of trading, investment and risk management experience in credit and securitized credit markets with an established record of investing through multiple market cycles. Our leadership team has demonstrated the ability to generate returns, develop capital market businesses and consistently create innovative structures and securitization technologies utilized throughout the market. We offer access to a global platform of differentiated total return and absolute return alternative credit investment opportunities through multi-investor and separately managed account vehicles. We manage over $5.2 billion of client capital for global public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, consultants, insurance groups, family offices and qualified high net worth individuals. Our team consists of 56 professionals with offices in New York and London.

About CAIA Association

The CAIA Association is a global professional credentialing body dedicated to creating greater alignment, transparency, and knowledge for all investors, with a specific emphasis on alternative investments. A Member-driven organization representing professionals in more than 95 countries, CAIA Association advocates for the highest ethical standards. The organization provides unbiased insight on a broad range of investment strategies and industry issues, key among them being efforts to bring greater diversification to portfolio construction decisions to achieve better long-term investor outcomes. To learn more about the CAIA Association and how to become part of the organization’s mission, please visit https://caia.org/.