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1 Timeline data source: J.P. Morgan Asset Management began managing alternative assets in 1961.
2 J.P. Morgan Asset Management, as of June 30, 2023. AUM figures are representative of assets managed by the J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives group, and include some AUM managed by other J.P. Morgan Asset Management investment teams.
3The Investment Manager seeks to achieve the stated objectives. There can be no guarantee the objectives will be met.
Alternative Investments
Investments in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) involves a high degree of risks, including the possible loss of the original amount invested. The value of investments and the income from them may fluctuate in accordance with market conditions and taxation agreements. Changes in exchange rates may have an adverse effect on the value, price or income of the products or underlying investment. Both past performance and yields are not reliable indicators of current and future results. There is no guarantee that any forecast will come to pass. Any investment decision should be based solely on the basis of any applicable local offering documents such as the prospectus, annual report, semi-annual report, private placement or offering memorandum. For further information, any questions and for copies of the offering material you can contact your usual J.P. Morgan Asset Management representative.
Private Equity
Private equity funds invest exclusively or almost entirely in financial instruments issued by companies that are not listed (or that takeover publicly listed companies with a view to delisting them). Investment in private equity funds is typically by way of commitment (i.e. whereby an investor agrees to commit to invest a certain amount in the fund and this amount is drawn down by the fund as and when it is needed to make private equity investments). Interest in an underling private equity fund will consist primarily of capital commitments to, and investments in private equity strategies and activities which involve a high level of risk and uncertainty. Except for certain secondary funds, private equity funds will have no operating history upon which to evaluate their likely performance. Historical performance of private equity funds is not a guarantee or prediction of their future performance. Investments in private equity are often illiquid and investors seeking to redeem their holdings can experience significant delays and fluctuations in value.
Infrastructure Investments
Investing in infrastructure assets or debt associated with infrastructure involve a variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, and which include, among others: the burdens of ownership of infrastructure; local, national and international economic conditions; the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; the financial condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; risks related to construction, regulatory requirements, labor actions, health and safety matters, government contracts, operating and technical needs, capital expenditures, demand and user conflicts, bypass attempts, strategic assets, changes in interest rates and the availability of funds which may render the purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or impracticable; changes in environmental laws and regulations, investments in other funds, troubled infrastructure assets and planning laws and other governmental rules; changes in energy prices; negative developments in the economy that may depress travel activity; force majeure acts, terrorist events, under-insured or uninsurable losses; and other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Fund or the financial professional. Many of these factors could cause fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of the Investments to decline and negatively affecting the Fund’s returns.
Transportation
An investment in the Strategy is subject to certain risks associated with the ownership of transportation assets and the transportation industry in general, including: the burdens of ownership of transportation-related assets; local, national and international economic conditions; the supply and demand for assets; the financial condition of operators, buyers and sellers of assets that include the market values of transportation assets (i.e., ships, aircraft, fleet vehicle and heavy equipment) and lease rates that include the price at which interests in said assets can be acquired, the future value of those assets (particularly at the time the Operating Leases expire), and the Lease Rates applicable to those assets; changes in interest rates and the availability of credit which may render the sale or refinancing of assets difficult or impracticable; changes in environmental laws and regulations, planning laws and other governmental rules and fiscal and monetary policies; oil and fuel price risks that include significant volatility in fuel prices which make up a material component of a transportation assets’ cost base. Oil price volatility may have an impact on individual operators ability to meet lease payments as well as demand for travel/shipping generally; Concentration risk in the short term whilst the Fund is building its portfolio of assets, there is likely to be a concentration of asset type, lessee and/or region; An investment in the strategy is illiquid. Whilst there is a secondary market for the assets, this will depend on prevailing market conditions; changes in taxation laws or Government taxation policy affecting domestic and international investments and depreciation; planning laws and other governmental rules and fiscal and monetary policies; environmental claims arising in respect of assets acquired with undisclosed or unknown defects or problems resulting in environmental liabilities or as to which inadequate reserves have been established; changes in tax rates; changes in energy prices; negative developments in the economy that depress commercial transportation activity; uninsured casualties; force majeure acts, terrorist and piracy events, under-insured or uninsurable losses; and other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Strategy and the Portfolio Manager. In addition, as recent experience has demonstrated, transportation assets are subject to long-term cyclical trends that give rise to significant volatility in values.