- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- Chicago DE 60606 Chicago DE United States of America 60606
- IPO Date
- Jun 2, 2008
- Business
- Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Fund (GSRTX) is a multi-strategy mutual fund managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., a part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., that seeks long-term total return consistent with the return and risk patterns of a diversified universe of hedge funds through a dynamic investment process targeting exposures to market risks and trading strategies. The Fund invests primarily in a broad range of instruments including equity securities, U.S. and non-U.S. corporate bonds and fixed income securities (including non-investment grade debt), futures contracts (such as equity index, interest rate, bond and volatility futures), swaps (including total return swaps and credit default swaps on indices), options (including equity index options, bond future options, volatility options and swaptions), structured notes (including commodity-linked notes), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), forward contracts (including currency forwards on developed and emerging market currencies), asset- and mortgage-backed securities, real estate investment trusts (REITs), U.S. Government securities, cash equivalents and its wholly-owned Cayman Islands subsidiary (the ART Subsidiary), which provides exposure to commodities via commodity-linked derivatives such as swaps, futures, options and notes without direct investment in physical commodities; it approximates hedge fund sub-strategies including Equity Long/Short, Event Driven, Relative Value and Macro by establishing long and/or short positions in market exposures like equity and fixed income indices, credit indices, interest rates, commodities, MLPs, currencies, volatility, hedge fund top holdings, single stocks/commodities and market momentum/trends, with portfolio allocations as of December 31, 2024 featuring significant holdings in iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (12.57%), Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (10.82%), Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (6.00%) and various sector ETFs, individual equities like Apple and Microsoft, U.S. Treasury bills and derivatives. The Fund offers multiple share classes including Investor (GSRTX), Class A (GARTX), Class C (GCRTX), Institutional (GJRTX), Class R (GRRTX), Class R6 (GARUX) and Class P (GSGPX), with operations available to U.S. investors through financial intermediaries and a focus on institutional and retail clients seeking daily liquid alternatives. Launched around June 2008 as part of Goldman Sachs Trust (established 1997), the Fund is administered from Goldman Sachs Asset Management's headquarters at 200 West Street, New York, New York, with transfer agency services at 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, and Goldman Sachs headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City. In recent developments, the Fund's Statement of Additional Information was updated as of April 30, 2025, reflecting ongoing fee waivers for "Other Expenses" (excluding certain fees), continued use of quantitative methodologies refined with qualitative overlays, and portfolio adjustments to maintain target exposures amid market volatility; while no fund-specific acquisitions or launches were noted, Goldman Sachs announced a strategic alliance in September 2025 with T. Rowe Price involving up to $1 billion in stock investment and collaboration on public/private market portfolios for retirement and wealth channels, alongside broader asset management innovations like enhanced ESG integration and emissions metrics in quantitative models.