In 2015, the Company established the Investment Management division (formerly known as “Principal Investments”) and began its evolution into a leader in alternative investing. Investment Management leverages the Group’s expertise, network, and financial strength to seek attractive risk-adjusted investment opportunities across global markets and sectors.

PUBLIC MARKETS

This includes the Company’s internally managed strategies, corporate holdings and cash. We actively manage all sub-portfolios and carefully use derivatives and hedging to increase returns and manage risk.

ALTERNATIVES

Hedge Funds and Private Equity

The Company’s investments in externally managed private equity funds and hedge funds, as well as private equity direct and co-investments. The portfolio seeks to maximise risk-adjusted returns and diversify exposure by industry and geography, while giving the Company a global view of the alternative investment landscape.

Special Situations and Structured Credit

The Special Situations and Structured Credit strategy focuses on leveraging unique opportunities emerging from market dislocations or specific events. Our portfolio predominantly includes investments in distressed or mispriced assets and has further expanded our footprint in Western Europe, North America and Asia, adding geographical diversification to the Group. Additionally, the residual term loan portfolio from Private Credit has been integrated into this segment. Our approach to targeting distressed or complex opportunities is designed to yield favourable returns with robust defensive characteristics.

Real Estate

The Real Estate portfolio includes the Group’s interests in Hong Kong commercial real estate as well as hotels and commercial investments in global markets. It is a core strength of the Group and we expect to continue grow our portfolio going forward.