Alternative Investments
Marcus Hearn: Should advisers consider cryptocurrencies for clients?
Market becoming more accessible
Report warns cryptocurrencies could bring the 'internet to a halt'
Bitcoin at $6,435
Crypto crash will not impact financial markets - S&P Global Ratings
Regulation needed
World Bank chief compares cryptocurrencies to 'Ponzi schemes'
Crypto-asset prices down in 2018
Alternative assets used as 'a means to an end' - 7IM
Bonds won’t help in the next bear market
First Bitcoin futures trades trigger circuit breakers
'Decent demand'
Charles Laing: To what extent can bitcoin be regulated?
Identity checks v ‘cryptocurrency tumblers’
Blog: How can we shrink the advice gap?
The advice gap has been a popular topic since the Retail Distribution Review, but hasn't this gap always existed?
Adviser Carl Lamb celebrates win at Growth Investor Awards
Almary Green managing director Lamb named Financial Adviser of the Year
Advisers invited to attend Alternative Investment Summit
An event highlighting the opportunities, challenges and risks for financial advisers and wealth managers accessing alternative investments returns to London later this year.
Finalists for first ever Growth Investor Awards revealed
The full shortlists for the first ever Growth Investor Awards have been announced.
Professional Adviser named as media partner for first Growth Investor Awards
Professional Adviser has been named as the media partner for the inaugural Growth Investor Awards.
‘Spread bets on steroids': Structured product sales strategies under the spotlight (again)
Structured product sales strategies under the spotlight
Architas launches real assets fund of funds
Architas has launched a fund of funds designed to offer investors exposure to alternative asset classes such as infrastructure and forestry.
P2P in ISAs: Advisers on risk vs reward
P2P in ISAs: Advisers on risk vs reward
Life settlements firm EEA points complainants towards advisers
EEA Group, the company behind the EEA Life Settlements fund, is urging investors who believe they were mis-sold the product to complain to the intermediaries who arranged the sale, following an alert by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Brandeaux confirms £1bn student property IPO
Brandeaux is plannning to float the portfolio of its Student Accommodation fund in a bid to help meet redemption requests.
FCA wins High Court case against 'unlawful' investments
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has won its battle against two unauthorised investment schemes after the High Court ruled they were to be classed as collectives and therefore must be regulated.
The curious case of Benjamin Wilson: How an IFA uncovered a multi-million pound trading scandal
How an IFA uncovered a multi-million pound trading scandal
Harlequin chairman's son guilty of £1.6m ‘Ponzi scheme' fraud
Matthew Ames, son of troubled overseas property company Harlequin's chairman David Ames, has been found guilty of two counts of defrauding investors.
Three alternative income plays
ALTERNATIVE INCOME
Pension scheme interest in alternatives rises prompting need for advice
Two fifths of pension schemes are open to investing in alternative asset classes to reduce their portfolio risk, according to Aon Hewitt, increasing their need for advice in this area.
FSCS begins paying out on Direct Sharedeal claims
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun paying out the claims of investors who put money into contracts for difference (CfD) with trader Direct Sharedeal.
