Why consider alternatives?
The search for diversification and uncorrelated returns continues to drive demand for alternative investments, yet many investors remain structurally under-allocated. UBS SAʴı offers the scale, experience, and access to support institutional and wealth management clients in building diversified, long-term portfolios across hedge funds, private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, food & agriculture, and multi-alternatives.
Combining deep market insights with broad sourcing capabilities, we provide access to direct and indirect strategies, including exclusive opportunities and tailored solutions. Leveraging the collective strength of the UBS Group, we seek to deliver competitive terms and high-quality offerings from both within and outside the organization. We aim to be a long-term partner in alternatives. Responsive, specialist, and connected.
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500
billion USD AuM
in alternatives1
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20
markets present in globally
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750 +
alternatives professionals
What sets us apart
Scale
Global reach and access across a broad range of markets and asset classes.
Institutional scale that supports liquidity and sourcing power.
Access to exclusive, high-quality opportunities.
Perspective from within a leading global financial institution.
Expertise
Over 85 years of experience in alternative investing.
Full spectrum of strategies across hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, food & agriculture, and multi-alternatives.
Partnership
Responsive and agile teams across regions committed to long-term relationships.
Tailored and customized solutions designed around investor objectives.
Culture of close collaboration and transparency.
Our asset classes
Food and Agriculture
Investment opportunities from across the farmland sector
Hedge Funds
As one of the world’s largest hedge fund investors, we offer a comprehensive spectrum of solutions
Infrastructure
Direct and indirect equity and debt solutions
Multi-Alternative
Global manager selection capabilities
Private Credit
Bespoke lending solutions with a focus on corporate lending and asset finance
Private Equity
Primary, secondary and co-investments
Real Estate
Global direct and indirect investments across major sectors
Our platforms
As a recognized global non-investment grade credit manager, CIG specializes in senior loans, high yield bonds, collateralized loan obligations (CLO), and private credit. With over 25 years of experience, it has built a proven track record of managing portfolios across multiple credit cycles and multi-asset credit.
As one of the largest real assets investment managers worldwide, Global Real Assets (GRA) actively delivers a wide range of solutions across the risk / return spectrum covering real estate, food and agriculture, infrastructure equity and debt, including niche strategies.
Managing USD 307 billion* in invested assets, Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) is a leading alternative investment platform with a strong global presence and a diverse range of capabilities across alternative asset classes.
Wide range of Factor / Alternative Beta ETFs.
Latest insights
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Real Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition 1H26
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- The power of co-investment
- Housing crisis
- Stepping up a gear
- When the old rules no longer apply
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Adjusting to evolving trends
- Redefining the horizon
- Hard assets, soft power
- Embracing infrastructure opportunities
- The great portfolio reset
- Embracing alternatives in a supply-driven world
- When credit demand follows supply
- Is the hedge fund juice still worth the squeeze?
- Transition leads to opportunity in global real estate
- Engineering Alpha at scale
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Global real estate outlook – Edition 2025/26
- Switzerland real estate outlook – Edition 2025/26
- Swiss real estate security – Edition 2025/26
- Asia Pacific real estate outlook – Edition 2025/26
- US real estate outlook – Edition 2025/26
- Real estate: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Infrastructure: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Private equity: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Private credit: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Hedge funds: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Farmland: The Red Thread – Alternatives
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Another successful year!
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Caffeine Dreams: Drivers Behind Coffee’s Meteoric Rise
- Charting new currents
- Demographic drivers and their investment opportunities
- Real Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition 2H25
- Evolution of corporate credit
- Building the future of innovation
- Alternative realities
- Drivers behind US cattle herd size stagnation
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- O’Connor Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Monthly Letter
- The Red Thread for alternatives – Edition July/August 2025
- Adapting to uncertainty
- Infrastructure inflows: trickles turn to torrents
- Soaring to new heights
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Fields of Dreams: The Growing Disparity Between Yield Forecasts and Reality
- Antifragile?
- Positioning for tomorrow
- O’Connor Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Monthly Letter
- UK policy warms on private capital
- The WHO's WHO of Swiss real estate 2025
- On the rise?
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- TRTPM monthly blog – Edition June 2025
- Nil, Baby, Nil: Stagnating Oil Production Growth in the U.S.
- Closing the loop on decarbonized transport
- Structural shifts in Europe’s credit ecosystem
- Resilience amid uncertainty
- Adapting to shifts in a dynamic market
- Where resilient performance meets stability
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Building the future of innovation
- Private equity: The Red Thread – Private Markets
- Private credit: The Red Thread – Private Markets
- Alternative portfolio: The Red Thread – Private Markets
- Infrastructure: The Red Thread – Private Markets
- Powering the future
- US Real Estate Outlook – Edition May 2025
- Asia Pacific Real Estate Outlook – Edition May 2025
- Switzerland Real Estate Outlook – Edition May 2025
- Global Real Estate Outlook – Edition May 2025
- Europe Real Estate Outlook – Edition May 2025
- Green footprints?
- Rewriting the rules
- Victory in the face of volatility
- Strategy Outlook
- New Playbook: Institutional investors reevaluate their asset investments
- Credit in focus: Navigating liquid opportunities
- Unlocking infrastructure opportunities
- Keep calm and carry on
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Steering through market uncertainty
- Taking action!
- UK commercial real estate yields
- the-office-renaissance
- When new energy meets old wires
- Real Estate Outlook – Switzerland, Edition 1H25
- If you want peace
- TRTPM monthly blog – Edition March 2025
- The expanding opportunity set
- Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
- Harnessing climate data
- Adapting to economic trends in real estate
- Navigating real estate cycles
- Opportunities in UK commercial real estate
Risks
- Potential loss: Diversification is no guarantee against loss. All investing involves risk including loss of principal. Investors may lose part or all of their invested amount.
- Market risk: Market conditions can trigger fluctuations in total returns.
- Liquidity risk: Alternative investments may entail liquidity risk.
- Foreign currency risk: The investment’s total return can be adversely affected by exchange rate fluctuations.
