Permal Group is one of the oldest and largest alternative asset management firms in the world, offering customized portfolios and a wide range of multi-manager and multi-strategy funds to institutions and individual investors. Permal's value added is derived from its well-honed manager selection and risk management processes, a leading separately managed account platform, enhanced product engineering and asset allocation, combined with top-down views. Permal has nine offices, over 200 employees, and extensive networks around the globe.