Sarasin Asset Management Limited

Sarasin Asset Management Limited provides discretionary investment management to high‑net‑worth individuals, charities, corporates, partnerships and similar entities, reporting US$554,958,880 in U.S. assets under management. The firm documents objectives and limitations in an Investment Management Agreement and conducts suitability assessments and periodic reviews; it does not serve individual non‑high‑net‑worth retail clients.

The firm’s investment approach is thematic and global, guided by Sarasin & Partners’ central strategy and focused on preservation and growth over a minimum five‑year horizon using dynamic asset allocation across equities, bonds, ETFs and pooled funds. Portfolios are constructed from an S&P‑generated buy list and may employ specialist pooled products and trading strategies that include derivatives, short sales, margin and option writing where deemed appropriate.

Distinctive features include formal affiliations with Sarasin & Partners (S&P) and Bank J. Safra Sarasin and a Memorandum of Understanding under which S&P provides resources to SAM; SAM also uses Sarasin‑branded funds (Irish UCITS) into which client assets may be placed while excluding those fund holdings from its investment management fee calculations. The brochure also discloses that SAM is associated with commodity pool operators, maintains a significant non‑U.S. client base (with U.S. clients generally unable to invest directly in the Sarasin Funds, which are treated as PFICs for U.S. tax purposes), and provides regular written portfolio and performance reporting to clients.