Multi-asset

As flows into traditional property investments have accelerated this year, fund buyers have been looking outside traditional assets to more esoteric investment options.

The energy infrastructure sector in the US has outperformed major equity and bond benchmarks over the past five years, posting annualised total returns of 32%, compared to 19% for the S&P 500.

Standard Life Investments has made two new appointments to its multi-asset global strategy team.

UK property fund managers are being forced to hold above-average levels of cash as money continues to flood into the IMA Property sector.

Mill Group Residential, one of the country's biggest property groups, is planning to launch a ‘buy-to-let' REIT, the first of its kind to be listed on a UK stock exchange.

Tom Walker and Hugo Machin, managers of the Schroder Global Real Estate Investment Trust, explain how the need for liquidity is changing how, and where, funds invest in the property sector.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Global Equity Absolute Return (GEAR) strategy is nearing its maximum "comfortable" size, according to co-manager Ian Heslop.

The continued intervention of central banks in financial markets has stopped them from functioning in the normal manner, according to Troy's Sebastian Lyon.

Passives – an easy investment choice?

Aviva Investors expect another year of double-digit returns from property in 2015, with returns for this year tipped to exceed 20%.