Gareth Abley

Co-Head of Alternative Strategies, MLC Asset Management

Gareth is Co-Head of Alternative Strategies for MLC.  His team are focused on identifying investments that deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and are uncorrelated to mainstream asset classes.  This has involved researching private credit, hedge funds, and various niche risk premiums over the last 15 years.  The team currently manages ~$6bn in total across two portfolios.  This includes the ~$3.3bn MLC Opportunistic Capital Solutions portfolio that allocates predominantly to various fund and co-investments in niche, esoteric, private credit.   The team also manage ~$2.8bn in a natural catastrophe reinsurance focused strategy, which has delivered positive returns in each of the last 16 years.