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AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a responsible asset manager, actively investing for the long term to help its clients, its people and the world to prosper. Its high-conviction approach enables it to uncover what it believes to be the best global investment opportunities across alternative and traditional asset classes, managing approximately €840bn* in assets (as at the end of June '23). AXA IM is a leading investor in green, social and sustainable markets, managing €489bn of ESG-integrated, sustainable and impact assets (as at the end of Dec '22. It is committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 across all its assets and integrating ESG principles across its business, from stock selection to its corporate actions and culture. AXA IM employs over 2,600 employees around the world, operates out of 24 offices across 18 countries (at end of Dec '22) and is part of the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management.

* Includes the contribution from Architas and AXA IM Prime, net of intercompany elimination.

Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. It delivers investment services for the world’s leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals, drawing from its deeply connected global network and tailored expert insights. It seeks to build long-term relationships based on sustainable outcomes and shared success over time.

J. Safra Sarasin is a family-owned group with a heritage reaching back to 1841. It is fully committed to private banking and asset management, to the long-term strategic objective of focusing on clients, continuity, solidity and long-term added value.
The group is a pioneer and thought-leader in sustainable investment. Its asset management is based on a sustainable investment philosophy that has been in place for more than 30 years. The integrated approach adds ESG (environment, social, governance) analysis to financial assessments to better identify opportunities and risks. The group actively manages almost £49bn of assets for private and institutional clients in five distinct areas of expertise, from total/relative returns to sustainable investments.

Muzinich & Co is a privately owned, institutionally-focused investment firm, specialising in public and private corporate credit. The firm was founded in New York in 1988 and has 15 offices in the US, Europe and Asia. It offers a broad range of corporate credit funds across both developed and emerging markets and $35.8bn (as at 31 May '23) in fixed income credit assets. Muzinich & Co. has been an investment manager signatory of the UN supported Principles for Responsible Investment since 2010. The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of ESG factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

Oldfield Partners is a classic value investment specialist that seeks to provide long-term returns through patient investing. Its classic contrarian value investment approach traces its roots to renowned investors such as Buffett, Graham and Templeton. It prides itself on a valuation discipline applied through the market cycle. It has a clear ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ discipline driven by intrinsic worth. Its focused portfolios, with typically less than 25 stocks, provide high active share. It keeps its distance from the market noise, concentrating on contrarian value investing with high conviction.

Trium Capital is a multi-PM alternatives asset manager. It focuses on liquid alternative strategies that can deliver low, or negative, correlation to markets with strong risk-adjusted returns. Trium provides a robust governance, operational, risk and compliance infrastructure to enable portfolio managers to focus their time and energy on delivering uncorrelated returns for investors.