Category Archives: Alternate Investments
The Evolving Role of Family Offices in Alternative Asset Allocation
India presents a unique confluence of high-growth opportunities, structural reforms, and entrepreneurial dynamism. In this rapidly evolving landscape, family offices play a crucial role in deploying capital effectively, particularly through alternative asset allocations that drive long-term value creation as part of holistic wealth management strategies. Over the years, we have witnessed a paradigm shift in […]
Seed to Exit–A UHNI’s Private Equity Journey with MFOs
Private equity stands out as one of the most complex asset types under the alternative investments. Beyond capital, successful investments in this space require effort, strategic insight, and specialized expertise. While the risk of negative returns remains, the potential rewards can surpass even the most lucrative real estate investments—an allure that also allows UHNWIs to pursue personal passions within a specific business domain, adding meaning alongside financial returns.
Alternative asset is a risky class
It is generally viewed to be less liquid than regular assets The typical investment format of an Indian investor is either to invest in fixed income or in equity. Together, these form the biggest chunk of anybody’s asset allocation. The only exception is real estate. From around the mid-2000s, a new asset class, called alternative asset class, came…
Alternative investment: Getting savvy at state-of-the-art investing
Art is a symbol of beauty, grace and wealth, and an integral part of ones assets. It is a vast subject encompassing several categories ranging from paintings and sculptres to bronze icons to wooden craft to art installation. Each comes with its own uniqueness and complexities. Though buyers nowadays have access to online information on artists, their genres,…