September 15, 2016
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Alternative assets have impressed in 2016
Several assets rebound after down 2015, while others have continued to deliver strong results
By W alter Davis, Alternatives Investment Strategist
It seems as if every day brings another article discussing how much difficulty hedge funds are experiencing — be it poor performance, redemptions or both. Despite the challenges at hedge funds, a number of strategies and funds in the alternatives space overall are performing well so far this year.
Before diving into the performance of alternatives, I’d like to provide a short refresher on how we at Invesco define these investments. Alternatives invest in things other than publicly traded, long-only equities and fixed income securities. We separate the alternatives universe into two baskets: alternative asset classes and alternative investment strategies ...
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