Alternative Investments

Intangible assets: any more value to be grabbed?

Craig Hoyda relooks at intangibles – non-physical assets such as goodwill, brand value and intellectual property – and wonders whether home truths established over the past two decades need reassessing in light of the latest market developments.

Alternatives: new assets for diversifying in a changing world

Kenneth McMillan discusses how bonds have stopped providing diversification benefits for portfolios and recommends investors look to alternative assets, such as infrastructure, to protect portfolios from market volatility.

Managing market volatility with alternative hedging strategies

In the past, the choice to maintain an investment portfolio of 60% equities and 40% bonds was a prudent one. This distribution, which allowed for diversification between these two types of assets, has long been the standard.

Better building blocks: the transformative power of investable hedge-fund indices

Infrastructure — the $50 trillion bill the private sector wants to share