Alternatives

  • 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.

  • syz and co develops new cta based proposition

    syz and co develops new cta based proposition

    Syz & Co has combined managed futures strategies with an active management style to develop a new proposition aimed at institutional investors.

  • tames river boosts kinsey quick team

    tames river boosts kinsey quick team

    Thames River has added to its Multi-Alternatives team with a new hire from Deutsche Bank.

  • alternative investment variation of mainstream

    alternative investment variation of mainstream

    Alternative investing used to be fairly clear-cut – anything other than equities, bonds, property and cash – but now even these are arguably ‘alternative’.