The Absolute Return team is interested in discovering new emerging managers.  The ideal candidates are those firms who are younger than five years old, who have a focus on strategies with minimal public market beta, and have less than $3 billion in AUM.

Please send the following information to invest-info@sra.state.md.us with the “Absolute Return” in the Subject line.

1. Monthly net returns since inception including benchmark (in Excel)       
2. Marketing slide deck   
3. Please provide the following information:         

• Firm Name
• Firm Inception Date
• Manager Headquarter Location (City, State)
• Strategy Inception Date
• Firm AUM ($mil)
• Strategy Name
• Strategy AUM ($mil)
• % Employee Ownership
• % MWBE/MBE Ownership
• Synopsis of strategy process