Marc Nachmann

Provides investment banking, asset, wealth management and platform services

HFS typically allocates client assets to advisors that are unaffiliated with Goldman Sachs. However, in certain circumstances, they allocate client assets to advisors that are affiliated with Goldman Sachs. The firm's funds-of-hedge funds products invest in underlying funds that may employ a broad range of alternative investment strategies, including strategies within one or more of the following four hedge fund sectors: the equity long/short sector, the relative value sector, the event driven sector and the tactical trading sector. HFS generally employs a dynamic investment process in that includes advisor selection, portfolio design and ongoing risk analysis and monitoring.

GSIS’ private investment strategies focus primarily on direct investing through privately negotiated transactions in privately-held companies or assets with growth potential. In connection with the firm’s management of Advisory Accounts, certain members of the GSIS team focus on particular investment strategies and sub-strategies and/or on implementing such strategies and sub-strategies in specific geographic regions.

GSAM SV seeks capital preservation and current income for their clients. The firm uses a team approach to manage stable value and fixed-income portfolios. The sector specialists that work with research professionals has the primary responsibility for security selection. They employ processes that are unique to each sector including: establishing initial security universes, screening to a working universe, analyzing issues and issuers and determining which securities meet their investment objectives.

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Rocaton develops its asset allocation recommendations through the use of proprietary risk, return and correlation assumptions to assess the expected risk and expected return of different asset mixes over a variety of market environments. Specifically, the firm often utilizes a Monte Carlo portfolio optimization process to forecast risk and return inputs over different scenarios. Recommended allocations are generally based on forecasted risk and forecasted return characteristics, including expected volatility and correlation of returns, liquidity and transaction costs, as well as on client objectives.