alternative investments

The board of the Schroder Real Estate investment trust is proposing to move the trust onshore and convert it to a REIT.

Alternative assets dominated investment trust fundraising in 2014, Winterflood figures show, as investors looked outside the mainstream for returns.

After five years languishing at the bottom of performance tables, the trend-following fund MAN AHL Diversity managed to produce a stellar return last year, as asset classes diverged.

Dr. Daniel Koller, head of management team, BB Biotech

Are funds built to last or short-term fads?

Ian Rees, head of research for multi-asset funds at Premier Asset Management, tells Annabelle Williams how the team has accessed four alternative income sectors.

Demographics continue to drive care home fund inflows

Looking beyond gold’s weak points

With discounts on listed private equity trusts almost back to long-term averages, value in the sector can be hard to find. But Ben Williams, investment manager at Saunderson House, argues the improving merger and acquisition market is likely to benefit...

Former Dalton Strategic Partnership co-founder Magnus Spence has joined Dexion Capital as head of asset management.