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Christopher Salih charts the rise of alternative investment strategies, and examines the regulation and market forces that have influenced their uptake

The use of alternative investment strategies has come to the fore in recent years. This has been driven by both regulation and investment forces. The arrival of Non-Ucits Retail Schemes (Nurs), multi-asset portfolios and the growth in Sipps has been instrumental in pushing alternative investments into the forefront. Also, the equity bear market followed by questions over the sustainability of bond prices have amply demonstrated that a portfolio comprised of equities and bonds is insufficiently diversified. But while the possibility of increasing returns and diversifying risk in a portfo...

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