The cover story in this weekend's Barron's takes a profile of AQR Capital Management, the largest
liquid alternative mutual fund player.
«We're confident our current suite of
liquid alternative mutual funds combined with the non-traded products we'll be launching over the next few months will offer independent advisors one of the industry's strongest and most robust product lineups.»
Not exact matches
The advent of
liquid alternatives fund structures, which offer hedge strategies through a
mutual fund vehicle, has helped drive this shift.
And, unlike hedge funds,
liquid alternative funds must adhere to the same regulatory requirements as US - registered
mutual funds, sharing information that private placements are not required to disclose.
As the
liquid alternatives (or
alternative mutual fund) space has expanded significantly in recent years, offerings of
alternative mutual funds by hedge fund managers have similarly increased.
AMG Funds represents over 30 independent and autonomous investment managers, and offers more than 100
mutual funds and separately - managed accounts across nearly every asset class and up and down the risk spectrum — from short - term fixed income to private equity, active equity choices to
liquid alternative strategies.
For that reason,
mutual funds and ETFs that pursue hedge - fund - like strategies are sometimes referred to as
liquid alternatives or simply «
liquid alts.»
For investors looking for
alternatives to high fee fixed income
mutual funds, or for those that have been hesitant to invest directly in bonds, fixed income ETFs offer a
liquid, low cost and flexible solution.
Investors Stick With Assets That Mimic Hedge Funds
Mutual funds that mimic hedge fund strategies — the so - called
liquid alternatives sector — were among the hottest investments just a few years ago.
Moving away from the conventional mix of stocks, bonds and cash, many affluent investors and their advisers are turning to
alternative investments — like managed futures and hedged
mutual funds — that are
liquid but behave differently from the rest of the investment pack.
There are such things as
liquid alternatives, which invest in a variety of assets — including private equity — via
mutual funds or exchange - traded funds, but these often are more expensive or less
liquid compared to public equity or traditional funds.