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by Bailey Mccann, Opalesque New York:
SEI and Strategic Insights have released a new report this week, which highlights the impressive growth of UCITS funds and the rise of alternative investments in mutual funds. The report, Regulated Alternative Funds: The New Conventional, says that these alternative investments on are on track to be a $1 tln + market by 2014. During the first eight months of 2011, more than $61 billion went into these types of funds globally.
According to the report, there is a a sustained demand for alternative strategies and asset classes in retail friendly structures. Managers are looking for mainstream alternatives which allow them to increase their market opportunities by offering alternative strategies in a mutual fund structure. This convergence of structure and strategy is the result of increased market volatility and rolling crises which have pushed managers to make more innovative choices and offer new products. Investors and managers spoke about their own experiences in regulated alternative funds at our recent Opalesque Boston Roundtable.
So far, the US and Europe have led the way in adopting these structures but new areas are rapidly coming online. The report notes that one of the largest retail fund launches this year was a Japanese alternative managed futures strategy. Demand is also growing throughout Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
This growth is being driven by a range of factors as investors look for ways to ...................... To view our full article Click here
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