Alternative Asset Classes

Alternative Asset Classes - Articles & White Papers

Articles and white papers on alternative investments. In our definition of alternative asset classes, we include research on hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure and commercial real estate (CRE). Property is of course a traditional investment, but we classify CRE as an alternative asset class, inasmuch as it is alternative to the primary listed asset classes; equities and bonds. In addition...

we include sections on less common alternatives such as farmland and forestry, cleantech and any other alternative investments. Our most popular research on alternative asset classes tend to be large surveys and industry reports from management and investment consultants such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Cambridge Associates and Towers Watson. Preqin also feature strongly, as providers of investment reports across a number of alternative asset classes. Reports which examine the outlook for expected returns from alternative asset classes are particularly well received. For white papers relating to specific alternative asset classes, such as private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure or property, simply select the desired topic from the main menu.

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