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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS FEATURE

How to profit from the world's most plentiful resource

Investment Week | 29 Sep 2011

Philippe Rohner, senior investment manager of the Pictet Water fund, calls for a change in attitude towards water as a resource.

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The nouveau niche

Maria Merricks looks at some of the most unusual funds on the market

Investment Week | 05 Aug 2011

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Your guide to bridging finance funds

Maria Merricks investigates bridging finance funds as an alternative income strategy.

Investment Week | 16 Jun 2011

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Get ready for the AIFM

BDO's Neil Fung-On says investment managers are failing to address the risks associated with the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s directive.

Investment Week | 26 Feb 2010

A taste of the exotic

A diverse range of unconventional assets is available to investors unimpressed by the returns available conventionally

Investment Week | 29 Jan 2010

Art as a hedge against inflation

In a world where fixed interest, property and cash all look unattractive, clients should look to invest in something that responds to money supply. What better than the works of dead artists?

Investment Week | 30 Nov 2009

Powering ahead

The mushrooming alternatives space includes infrastructure, where the reliable profits of utilities are proving highly attractive to investors

Investment Week | 03 Nov 2008

Alternative thinking

Investors are finding more stable sources of return in unlikely places, alternative asset classes such as hedge funds being one increasingly popular option

Investment Week | 22 Sep 2008

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Being a long time motorbiker, I am very conscious of the ever present threat that comes from being unaware of what is in front of you.

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Jupiter Unit Trust Managers employs the most FE Alpha Managers with 12 on the newly revealed list for 2012.

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Gosling's Grouse: Baying for blood

When a phlebotomist sticks a needle in a vein you pay attention. He or she has you just where they want you.

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FDR, Reagan, Clinton or Obama: When were markets strongest?

Three years into Barack Obama's term as US president, how do equity market returns under this administration compare with those seen under previous leaders?

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