Validus Risk Management is an independent advisory firm specializing in financial risk management for institutional investors and alternative capital managers. Founded in 2010, the company provides hedging solutions, risk analytics, and fund finance advisory services to clients collectively managing over $3 trillion in assets. Its client base includes some of the world's largest institutional investors and major private capital managers.
The firm operates through two main service lines. Validus executes hedging strategies that manage currency, interest rate, and commodity price exposures for alternative, private, and illiquid assets, processing over $660 billion in hedging trades annually and more than 12,000 derivatives trades each month. On the technology side, the company offers Horizon, an award-winning platform that enables portfolio managers to assess risk exposures, monitor hedging portfolios, and manage the full lifecycle of hedging transactions.
Validus maintains a global presence with offices in London, Windsor, Toronto, New York, Oslo, and Singapore, positioning itself to serve major financial centers and support the complex risk management needs of sophisticated institutional clients operating across multiple markets and asset classes.