About this Lecture

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics and use of alternative assets in multi-asset portfolios including:

• the categories of alternative investment asset classes and investments;
• the characteristics of hedge funds, private equity, commodities, alternative credit, real estate and infrastructure assets;
• the differences between alpha and beta-based alternative investments;
• the differences between hedge funds and traditional funds;
• hedge fund tools available to managers of alternative assets;
• benefits of hedge funds as an investment;
• relative value ...