rise of real assets as fund giants
John Husselbee looks at the giant funds of just five years ago and how they are faring today before asking how investment trends will shape the top-ten giant funds of the future.
Alternatives
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Odey launches Ucits version of European hedge fund
Odey Asset Management is to launch a Ucits version of its flagship European hedge fund strategy.
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food business can satisfy investors hunger
Barings' Marino Valensise explains why a growing and hungry world population makes a compelling investment case for soft commodities and farmland.
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building confidence
The problems of gearing in listed and closed-ended property funds are well known, but new funds and structures can offer robust alternatives to the more traditional property funds.
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Low correlation advantage of alternatives
James Klempster gives the positive case for the role of alternatives in a private client portfolio, benefiting as they do from a low correlation to more traditional assets.
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advisers ignorant of structured products
The 43% gain of the Barclays Target Growth Plan over the past three years is further evidence that those who have completely dismissed the structured product sector have done themselves and their clients a disservice, according to Ian Lowes, managing director of Lowes Financial Management.
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commodity kings feel chill as supercycle nears end
After a decade's headwind, Mark Rider has identified a momentum shift in the commodities super cycle with prices likely to fall gradually for the next decade alongside weaker demand and supply.
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alternative ucits strategies grow in q2
The volume of assets in alternative Ucits strategies reached 82.5bn at the end of the second quarter of this year.
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Fair play for structured products
The following is a headline and first line of a story on structured products exactly as it was flagged by Google Alerts…
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Private equity still feeling the pinch
Global private equity investment fell 25% to £93bn in the first half of this year, according to UK financial services body TheCityUK.
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pa analysis alternatives more than collection
Alternatives make up an increasingly important part of multi-asset strategies but investors still need greater transparency into what they are and how they affect the all-important returns of their portfolio.
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investors facing lack of alternatives
The problem with alternatives is that they have not always lived up to their name in offering real diversification away from mainstream asset classes.
