Alyeska Investment Group seeks to generate a consistent, long term appreciation of assets through the active management of a comprehensive, equity-focused portfolio which includes sector specific, market-neutral sub-portfolios together with various complementary equity-focused investment strategies. The firm employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis of publicly-traded companies and their respective securities. They offer advice on both long and short positions in a wide range of investment products, including equity, equity-linked, credit and credit-linked instruments. The actual instruments traded include stocks, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, options, futures, credit and equity derivates, and other credit-based instruments. Such instruments are traded on public exchanges or in private over-the-counter (OTC) transactions. Alyeska seeks to mitigate systematic risk embedded in equity securities through the deliberate construction of non-systematic portfolios. The funds may enter into various contracts or positions to further mitigate unwanted exposures. To reduce interest rate and/or currency risk, and subject to certain regulatory thresholds, the funds may enter into long or short positions in interest rate derivatives government securities (and derivatives thereon) and/or foreign currency spot and forward contracts. In connection with certain transactions involving convertible bonds and capital structure arbitrage, the funds may enter into credit default swap contracts. The funds also may buy or sell equity index contracts as specific or portfolio hedges. Derivatives contracts may be exchange-traded or OTC. The funds also retain amounts in cash or cash equivalents, pending reinvestment.