Carrick Lane serves high-net-worth families, family offices and the advisors who work with them - managing options strategies seeking to generate income, typically through separately managed accounts.
John joins following 25 years at Goldman Sachs as Head of Derivatives Research, with a focus on strategy and product development.
Carrick Lane actively manages options strategies for high-net-worth families, family offices, trusts, foundations and the advisors and platforms that work with them. Our core strategy is built on a simple market observation: we believe investors often pay too much for downside protection in equity markets.
Carrick Lane seeks to earn income by selling that protection through a disciplined, actively managed process shaped by an experienced team.
Carrick Lane strategies are typically implemented through a separately managed account overlay to an existing portfolio. Clients retain account-level transparency, liquidity and access to senior members of the team.
Three principles shape how we manage options strategies - and why families, advisors and institutions choose to work with us.
Carrick Lane’s core strategy starts with a simple idea. Many investors want protection when markets feel uncertain and they are often willing to pay more for that protection than the market ultimately requires. Carrick Lane sells that protection in a disciplined way, seeking to generate income for clients while managing risk through actively traded, separately managed accounts.
Many options overlay programs rely on fixed parameters. Carrick Lane combines a systematic investment framework with active portfolio management. The framework governs most decisions, but when premiums compress, markets dislocate or the risk-reward profile changes, the portfolio management team can adjust exposure. That combination has been developed and tested over an established record of portfolio management.
Carrick Lane educates its clients throughout the lifecycle of their investment. When they explain what happened, why it happened and how positioning has changed, clients understand the strategy rather than simply holding it. That understanding is what allows advisors to speak about Carrick Lane's approach with specificity.
We strive to work with a defined set of clients whose scale and objectives suit an actively managed options approach.
Investors with significant assets who seek income while maintaining full liquidity and control of their capital.
Advisors who work with sophisticated clients and want a portfolio management team they can speak to directly, not an intermediary. We strive to provide regular communication that helps advisors hold informed conversations about the strategy with their clients.
Whether you’re evaluating a new allocation, conducting platform due diligence or considering how an options overlay could apply to a specific client portfolio, please reach out. We’re happy to discuss the strategy, portfolio fit and implementation.