As per 17th January 2018, Stone Mountain Capital has total alternative Assets under Advisory (AuA) of US$ 51.1 billion in hedge funds and private assets. We are mandated on assets of US$ 48 billion for capital introduction into leading and hedge fund and fund of fund managers with long standing, solid performance track records, liquidity provision, standardized fund and managed account structures and established AuM across the strategies: credit / fixed income, equity, tactical trading and fund of hedge funds (FoF). Our 2018 focus is on the strategies: speciality finance, direct lending, CLO, global macro, CTA, volatility and the cryptocurrency and a continuation of making those strategies tradable in the public markets. We are mandated on US$ 3.1 billion of private assets (private equity and private debt) and corporate finance. Our 2018 sector focus is in private credit, UK and German commercial real estate, and capital relief trades (CRT) for insurers and banks and we provide financial structuring, rating advisory, private and public placements. Stone Mountain Capital has arranged new capital commitments of US$ 1.15 billion across hedge fund, private asset and corporate finance mandates.

AlphaWeek spoke with Oliver Fochler, CEO of Stone Mountain Capital, a boutique alternative investment advisor providing alternative investment research, structuring and public and private placement, about some of the trends he is seeing in volatility strategies. Interview with Oliver Fochler was covered on 7th January 2018 in Alphaweek under 'The Long And Short Of Volatility Strategies' (website requires registration).