alternative investments

Marshall Wace is proposing to close its £130m listed investment trust MW Tops Ltd and instead roll investments into an unlisted Ucits portfolio.

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

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?

The AIFM directive was drafted by the EU in response to what it saw as an absence of common regulatory standards for non-Ucits investment vehicles and there are six key issues that specifically affect the UK-listed closed-ended fund sector.