Abstract: An investment vehicle tracks the positive returns of actively managed investments without realizing investment return from the actively managed assets directly. This tracking is provided through the purchase of a series of call options linked to the positive performance of the actively managed portfolio as well as supplemental investments, for example, in fixed income instrument to provide a desired volatility to the portfolio of options and supplemental investments.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the volatility experienced by a grantor using a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) or the like provides a fund that may sell call spreads to the GRAT and shares in the fund to the grantor. Countervailing value movements in the fund and the value of the call spreads may be adjusted to control volatility and provide more certainty in the calculation of the grant annuity stream.