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How to talk to clients about … Alternative investments
Due to persistent economic pressures and volatility in public markets, delivering consistent returns with a traditional 60/40 portfolio has become more difficult in recent years. We have also seen the number of publicly listed corporations in the U.S. fall sharply in the past three decades while private equity and credit markets have continued to expand and democratize, dramatically shifting the total universe of available investment vehicles toward alternatives.
Where did the public companies go?
Private markets offer a vastly greater number of investment opportunities than the public markets.
Alternative investments can expand investors’ opportunities for portfolio diversification, income, and returns. Private market investments like equity, credit and real estate as well as infrastructure, farmland, renewables, and others offer an array of potentially uncorrelated risk exposures and return profiles that could help mitigate public market volatility, protect against inflation, and improve returns. As a broader set of investors learn more about these asset classes, their comfort level continues to rise.
Delivering consistent returns with a traditional 60/40 portfolio has become more difficult in recent years.
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RealAccess issue no. 8: Alternative insights for global investors
In this issue, we explore buying opportunities in the market today: currency dispersions, the resurgence of necessity retail centers, changes in housing trends, regional and city diversification and the emerging sector of scientific lab space.
Randy Schwimmer, Co-Head of Senior Lending
Real estate outlook 2024
We have identified key themes and opportunities for compelling investments across global markets and sectors for 2024, focusing on a mix of long-term structural tailwinds and bottom-up analysis.
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