Alternative investments

Cash-hungry REITs are selling their portfolios at steep discounts as talks heat up over similar deals and even equity stakes in the companies themselves.

“We have to have a roadmap for how to deploy capital in this environment,” says the global head of alternatives for the firm’s asset management arm.

In need-for-speed markets lashed by the spreading coronavirus, this breed of rules-based trading is paying off.

The asset manager is targeting as much as $1.5 billion in volume annually, up from about $300 million per year about three years ago, the firm says.

Broad-basket commodity sector funds, as well as those long on oil, natural gas and precious metals, accounted for more than half of the laggards.

The investing strategy “is close to saturation,” and the cost of keeping up with the competition may be to blame, a new study suggests.

The rewards for the men — and they’re all men — are notable, especially given only a third of the top 15 managers on the list beat the S&P 500.

All artworks, racehorses, cars, and trading cards are not created equal, and not all “investment opportunities” are the best in their field.

Macro funds, which invest in broad global trends, had the biggest disparity.

Similar products are stockpiling unprecedented levels of new cash as investors look to alternative assets for growth and income.