Access offered to a proven investment strategy with strong record in difficult times
An investment strategy1 that has returned 20.2%2 while world stocks have tumbled 17.3%2 since the beginning of the credit crisis is now available in selected regions of the world for a limited time.
Access to the programme is offered in a new investment fund managed by Man Investments, the firm announced today. Man IP220 Series 6 Ltd comes with a capital guarantee and has a controlled level of risk. It is based on the successful Man IP220 family of investment products that has a proven record of performance irrespective of how other markets are faring.
The underlying portfolio has delivered strong returns over the past 12 years, especially when traditional investments were falling. The first capital protected product in the Man IP2201 series has delivered a compound annual return of 16.6% percent from 18 December 1996 to 30 June 2008. This equates to a total return of Man IP220 Ltd of 489.5%1 percent, compared with just 63.9% percent for world stocks and 93.4% percent for world bonds in the same period of time.
One of Man IP220’s strengths is its combination of very different but complementary investment programmes from two of Man’s core managers:
• the AHL Diversified Programme, based in London, trading in managed futures and covering more than 140 world markets in currencies, bonds, equities and commodities. It is a systematic, statistically based investment strategy designed to profit from market trends, and
• the Glenwood Portfolio, a highly diverse fund of hedge funds run from Chicago.
Man IP220 Series 6 is offered in USD denominated bonds, which come with the security of a capital protection3 from Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, and a profit lock-in4 feature.
The Global Head of Sales for Man Investments, Christoph Möller, said: “The popularity of the IP220 series is easy to understand, given its performance record over a long period. In today’s uncertain markets we expect a strong response from investors eager for the chance to gain attractive returns, away from traditional investments, with the comfort of a capital guarantee and provision for a profit lock-in.”
