Alternatives

Caspar Rock, manager of the Architas Diversified Real Assets fund, tells Investment Week how even amid a volatile backdrop, real asset funds can still deliver yield and suffer far less than equities

Tony Dalwood, CEO of Gresham House, explains how the search for ‘new' alternative asset classes has seen investors turn to a hybrid approach uniting private strategies and public markets

Pimco's real-return manager, Bransby Whitton, takes a closer look at the advantages of holding commodities in portfolios despite the asset class's recent slump.

The number of investors allocating to ‘new' alternatives such as infrastructure and private debt is on the rise, according to the Preqin Global Alternatives Report.

Victoria Hasler, head of research at Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research, looks at three absolute return funds she believes are offering true diversification during periods of global volatility.

Fund managers reveal to Investment Week the tailwinds behind their favourite alternative investments.

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