Investors raise a glass to alternative investments

Average levels of investment into alternative assets stood at close to £78,000 per person in June, according to telephone interviews of more than 1,000 people nationwide, TAIS says. Extrapolated the figures suggest some 6.2 million Britons have a total of £486bn already invested in both financial and tangible alternatives, such as second homes overseas, wine, classic cars, and antique furniture. Other results suggest 70% of IFAs are experiencing growing demand for information on alternative investments, according to a poll of some 50 IFA firms. Poor experiences involving the stock ...