This year alternative investments accounted for $5.7 trillion in assets under management, as real estate managers take the largest share and pension funds gobble up most of the investment products. “smart beta” in focus as a legitimate alternative While there remains an appetite for alpha-centric hedge fund exposure, the report from the consulting firm of Towers Watson & Co (NYSE:TW) and the Financial Times notes “smart beta” was in focus as a legitimate alternative. “Investors continue to view the hedge fund portfolio as a decorrelating and diversifying allocation and we can expect strategies that offer very low correlation characteristics to…
Alternative Investments Hit $5.7 Trillion As Macquarie Tops List
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.