Managed Funds Association (MFA) represents the international alternative investment market and its investors by promoting policy-making, tax, and other public policies that support effective, open, and equitable capital markets. Across a wide range of investment strategies, the more than 140 member businesses of MFA collectively manage close to $1.6 trillion. Member companies offer assistance to pension plans, university endowments, charity foundations, and other institutional investors to diversify their holdings, control risk, and produce profitable returns over the long term. MFA operates internationally and is present in Washington, London, Brussels, and Asia. MFA promotes public policies that support effective, transparent, fair capital markets, competitive tax and regulatory systems, and investors in the global alternative asset management business.