Retail alternatives are a rapidly emerging sector of the asset management industry, reports SEIC.
SEIC, a leader in investment services industry, in its report titled ‘The Retail Alternatives Phenomenon’ finds alternative strategies are being packaged as mutual funds in the U.S. and as Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), in the European market.
Alternative Strategies Are Used By Hedge Funds
Traditionally alternative strategies are used by hedge funds. However assets in the U.S. alternative mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds have more than doubled since 2008. Alternatives now represent 883 portfolios with over $550 billion in assets. Alternative UCITS has also displayed similar growth trend.
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