Ferguson Hyams Investment Management Information

Luke and Gideon founded Ferguson Hyams with a common belief that a fantastic investment product could be made by combining talented alternative investment managers from around the world with a proven history of great risk-adjusted alternative fixed income styled returns and providing them with a platform of risk control and governance. Additionally, they both believed that the asset bubble, created by central bank zero-rate policies since the global financial crisis in 2008, was nearing its conclusion as central banks begin to normalise their interest rate and quantitative easing policies. Therefore, they saw a great need for an investment product that will deliver solid annual returns with controlled volatility without relying on this asset bubble to continue indefinitely. "Our mission is to connect wholesale investors to our asset backed alternative high yield funds, which target solid, stable returns, regardless of the direction of stock markets and other global markets." Looking beyond Australia to find alternative high yield, asset-backed strategies in regulated fund structures in the US, UK, and Asia. Key sectors were agricultural commodities like wheat and meat, underpinned in insured trade logistics, as well as litigation finance targeting specific lawsuits. Noted the rise in ESG-related lawsuits in 2022-23 for alleged greenwashing and misinformation, especially in the UK. Took on board how "fixed income" has perhaps become a broad term in Australia, sometimes describing funds that pay consistent income but don't necessarily protect principal. Ferguson Hyams focuses on true alternative asset-backed strategies that target a high yield uncorrelated fixed income, while maintaining the initial underlying collateral value, using a rigorous selection criteria. The goal is to find investments that perform well even in under-performing, volatile or bearish equity markets. The strategies are continually evaluated to ensure they meet performance expecta