About Us

Alternative Investment Research and Technologies LLC (AIRT), a Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management company, partnered with the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in May 2005 to manage and distribute the CASAM CISDM Database and the associated CASAM CISDM Indices calculated from this database. The CASAM CISDM Database (formerly the MAR Database), was one of the first hedge fund and CTA databases and began tracking CTAs in 1979 and hedge funds in 1992. The database currently tracks quantitative and qualitative information for over 5,500 hedge funds, fund of funds and CTAs.

The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a non-profit academic research center which focuses on security and investment fund performance in both U.S. and international asset markets. The goals of CISDM are to facilitate research in both traditional and alternative investment markets, to promote interactions between the academic and business communities, and to make available CISDM educational material on international financial markets to financial and non-financial firms.

Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (CASAM) is the specialized subsidiary representing Crédit Agricole Group’s expertise in structured asset management and is organized into three main business lines; structured investment products, alternative managed accounts platform and exchange-traded funds.
CASAM is committed to providing innovative structured solutions using the full range of underlying instruments including alternative investments through the CASAM Group managed account platform.
CASAM is a recognized player in structured products and manages 543 funds representing a total of USD 79.90/EUR 50.8 billion as of June 30th, 2008.