After many negative headlines for UCISs, Piers Denne of Future Capital Partners provides the other side of the argument.
My starting point on Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS) is they are as an important an investment vehicle as a long-only fund or any other investment an IFA needs to consider when putting together a well-balanced, diversified, portfolio for a client. The reason for this is that there are many investment opportunities not covered by the regulated market that do appear in unregulated funds. These opportunities can be project specific. For example, the hotel development in Montenegro, or bio ethanol plant in Grimsby we are currently promoting. They also cover areas not covered...
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