Alternatives

  • Gresham House assets up 3% in Q3

    Gresham House assets up 3% in Q3

    CEO Tony Dalwood said the performance was ‘pleasing’ given the current economic environment

  • The five worst absolute return funds in August

    The five worst absolute return funds in August

    Which alternative Ucits landed in the bottom of Kepler Partners’ global index last month?

  • How to pick the best gold ETC

    How to pick the best gold ETC

    Lynn Hutchinson at Charles Stanley discusses the rise in gold products over the past month and how to pick the best gold ETCs.

  • Aberdeen: Embrace alternatives or miss out on returns

    Aberdeen: Embrace alternatives or miss out on returns

    Aberdeen Asset Management has warned that investors face lower returns over the next 10 years if they do not start to embrace alternative asset classes.

  • Amundi brings in alternatives strategy head

    Amundi brings in alternatives strategy head

    Amundi Alternative Investments has announced the recruitment of a new head of directional strategies.

  • FTSE launches new smart factor index range

    FTSE launches new smart factor index range

    The FTSE group has launched a new series of benchmarks designed to allow investors a more nuanced view of various investment factors.

  • pa analysis royal mail ipo aim

    pa analysis royal mail ipo aim

    The headline IPO story of the moment is Royal Mail’s floatation that values the business at pushing £4bn.

  • pa analysis defensive portfolios alternatives

    pa analysis defensive portfolios alternatives

    Active management during the first half of the year – most notably in the period around Ben Bernanke’s comments on the tapering of QE on 22 May – contributed to portfolio managers ending the period up despite most markets falling.

  • Alternatives investors shun performance fee funds

    Alternatives investors shun performance fee funds

    Funds with low fees account for three-quarters of assets under management in the alternative Ucits sector, indicating costs are a key consideration for “hedge fund-lite” investors, a study has found.

  • alternative ucits strategies grow in q2

    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.

  • pa analysis alternatives more than collection

    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.

  • investors facing lack of alternatives

    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.