[25Apr13] [Real Assets] 'Alternative asset' investment funds in the UK
Analysis: Alternative asset funds marketed to retail investors

[04Feb10] [Asset-backed lending] A SQUARE: Asset backed lending in the small business space of the Americas
J. Pablo Mariño, CEO Savile Finance Group, explains the firm's investment strategy

[29Jul09] [Asset Allocation] Asset Liability Management (ALM)
ALM embraces a multi-period approach which allows one to make an explicit trade-off between the long term goals and short term criteria

[03Jun09] [Direct Lending] A fund that specialises in privately originated asset based loans or investments
Portfolio has been structured so no forced sales are needed to meet redemptions

[13May09] [Direct Lending] Privately-negotiated funding transactions for s&m-cap publicly traded companies
... fund has been involved in over 220 privately-negotiated financing transactions

[15Apr09] [Asset Based Lending] Asset based lending strategy insights from an allocator’s perspective
A well diversified asset based lending portfolio should be able to return 12-15% with very healthy levels of collateral ensuring minimal losses.

[06Oct08] [Asset Based Lending] Insights on ABL strategies - is performance holding up?
In most cases even within a geographic region each investment will rise or fall on its own merits. The biggest correlation is on any equity component that may be part of an ABL deal.

[07Aug08] [Asset Based Investing] An asset based lending and investment fund
Ability to source deals via a well established business network

[16Jul08] [Asset Based Investing] A pure asset based lending fund on funds
Portfolio of pure asset-based lending and insurance linked hedge funds

[28Apr08] [Asset Backed Securities] An Asset „Backed“ Lending Fund
Loans intended to provide working capital to Small-to-Medium sized Enterprises

[21Apr08] [Asset Based Lending] Asset Based Lending Fund of Funds
In its simplest form, the lender takes a first priority security interest in the collateral being financed

[07Apr08] [Asset Based Lending] The status quo & up-coming investment opportunities in asset based lending
The opportunities are re-surfacing in the same asset based lending spaces, but it is the growth in the number of potential borrowers that has increased substantially.

[23Jan08] [Asset Based Investing] Asset Based Lending FoF
Lending activities - hedge fund wrapper

[15Jan08] [Asset Finance] Asset based lending/financing FoF
Aims to pursue an “asset based-lending/ investing” pure play strategy

[09Jan08] [Asset Backed Lending] Fund focus: life insurance assets
Innovators in the creation of financial structures to uncover value in underlying longevity and mortality assets

[18Dec07] [Asset Based Investing] Asset based lending fund of funds
Concentrate on managers who have a relatively short duration of underlying investments

[04Dec07] [Asset Based Investing] A fund uncovers structural inefficiencies in China, Brazil, Russia
Within credit markets, a structural inefficiency (that has been exacerbated by the recent crises) stems from the fact that the banking system is generally less willing to provide loans to solid small/micro cap companies.

[05Nov07] [Asset Based Lending] An asset based lending FoF
Access to a portfolio that invests in managers dedicated to collateralised, direct lending

[25Sep07] [Asset Based Investing] White Oaks Strategic Fund
Dynamic portfolio allocations between ABL, ABS and RLS

[28Aug07] [Asset Based Lending] Mont Blanc Select
Offers access to a robust, diversified portfolio of non-correlated investments - primarily in the asset based lending (ABL) and highly collateralised asset space

[28Aug07] [Asset Based Lending] Expertise on Asset Based Lending with Santo Volpe - II
How robust are ABL investments under the present market conditions

[28Aug07] [Asset Based Lending] Appendix

[30Jul07] [Asset Backed Lending] Aarkad Plc, Heather Partners
Fund focuses on collateralised money lending-highly collateralised structured finance loans, of short term duration (3-12months) secured loans, collateralised by commercial property in the UK & Ireland

[30Jul07] [Asset Backed Lending] Fund's performance - Appendix

[26Jun07] [Asset Backed Securities] Valuation
"One should not forget that certain financial institutions can value securities based on criteria other than mark- to-market, in particular if they intend to hold them to maturity. These valuations, of course can be very different to where a security

[19Jun07] [Asset Class] "Manna"
Would you say “traditional” investments trade in increasingly efficient markets (diminishing risk premia) vs. alternatives (majority are still inefficient – and offer risk premia).

[12Jun07] [Asset Finance] Systematic Absolute Return’s Survey Findings
ABL was preferred amongst the asset finance strategies. It was followed by PIPEs, ABS and ABI. At the tail end of the sample were CDO’s and MBS.

[29May07] [Asset Backed Securities] Expertise on mezzanine financing
We focus on a niche in the marketplace where we are typically viewed more as an equity alternative than a debt instrument - although our collateral is secured through the recording of a lien on the property and receiving an assignment of all voting rights

[24Apr07] [Asset Based Lending] CypressTree Leveraged Alternative Income Fund
Have little interest rate risk, low correlation to most asset classes, low volatility

[12Mar07] [Asset Backed Lending] Stillwater New Finance Fund
Focuses on asset backed lending with a minority of the portfolio invested in asset backed securities

[19Feb07] [Asset Backed Securities] George Tintor Q & A
George Tintor elaborates on asset-backed securities

[12Feb07] [Asset Based Lending] Santo Volpe Q & A
Elaborates on what it means to be a niche player in the context of Asset Based Lending

[15Jan07] [Asset Backed Lending] Eden Rock Structured Finance Fund of Funds