About Us

  • Firm
  • Competitive Advantages
  • Team
  • Advisory Board

    • FIRM HISTORY

    Evolution & Innovation

    Founded in 1949 as the industry’s original hedge fund, A.W. Jones evolved into an independent alternative asset management firm specializing in hedge fund solutions and co-investments. Our outcome-oriented investment approach specializes in sourcing emerging managers, niche hedge fund strategies, and asymmetric co-investment opportunities.

    • The investment philosophy pioneered by our founder, Alfred Winslow Jones, has driven the firm since its inception in 1949

    • The partnership was converted to one of the earliest multi-manager funds in 1984

    • We have continuously deepened our research capabilities, focused on innovative strategies and investment managers we believe to be top-tier

    • We specialize in identifying emerging and niche managers early in their life cycles as well as asymmetric co-investment opportunities

    • Evolution and innovation have enabled us to deliver returns in the face of changing markets and a changing industry

    ALFRED WINSLOW JONES

    Founder of the Industry’s Original Hedge Fund

    1949

    1950s - 1984

    1984 - PRESENT

    2017 - PRESENT

    2019 - PRESENT

    2022 - PRESENT

    1949
    Launch Of The First “Hedged Fund”
    • Long/short investment approach
    • Emphasizing stock selection over market returns
    1. See, for example: Landau, Peter. “Alfred Winslow Jones: The Long and the Short of the Founding Father.” Institutional Investor (August, 1968); or Sebastian Mallaby, More Money than God (New York: Penguin Press, 2010)
    1950s - 1984
    Internal Multi-Manager Fund
    • Portfolio managers using the A.W. Jones investment philosophy
    • Centralized risk management and market exposures
    1984 - PRESENT
    External Multi-Manager Portfolios
    • Adopted asset allocation and risk management processes to reduce risk and volatility
    • Focus on early investments with next generation of emerging managers
    2017 - PRESENT
    A.W. Jones Emerging Manager Class
    • Smaller AUM funds offering preferential terms and niche managers in capacity constrained strategies or inefficient markets
    Customized Solutions & Advisory Services
    • Enhanced investment research, systems and operational capabilities
    2019 - PRESENT
    Insurance Dedicated Fund
    • Same investment philosophy of the existing A.W. Jones multi-manager portfolios
    • Allows investors to invest on a tax-deferred or tax-free basis
    2022 - PRESENT
    A.W. Jones Select Opportunities Class
    • A dedicated portfolio of idiosyncratic public & private equity co-investments
    • Investments sourced from a network of both established and emerging managers