An alternative investment is commonly known as an investment product functioning differently to traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, money markets, and/or cash.

Alternative investments tend to hold a ‘high risk’ profile and would typically include commodities, financial derivatives, hedge strategies, real estate, and private equity, as well as venture capital.

Most hedge funds or private equity groups only accept such an investment from high net worth individuals or institutions, and because of its traditional ‘high risk’ structure it is typically proposed as a small diversifying component of an overall portfolio, unless specifically told otherwise by the investor.

We do recommend that you contact us for more information about the availability of these products.