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Last updated: 12 November 2009

 

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We list below articles produced by our consultants around the globe relating to issues about alternative investments.

 

Hedge funds: Should clients be comfortable making new capital allocations to hedge funds?

25 March 2009

 

In October 2008, Mercer adopted a view that any new allocations to hedge fund type strategies should be delayed. This was based on a view that certain risks of hedge fund investing were accentuated. Some of these risks being prime brokerage, counterparty risks, potential redemptions and illiquidity in the markets. We also noted that hedge funds were facing additional headwinds from higher transaction costs and the short-selling restrictions imposed in most markets.

 

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An update for the Timberland market 
Demystifying private equity: a glossary
Hedge fund investing by pension funds
Improving and regulating the alternative investments industry 

Introducing the alternative alternatives  
Introduction to commodities
Investing in infrastructure assets
Investing in renewable energy
Investing in timberland
Investment opportunities: Emerging alternative markets
Passive hedge fund investing
Private Debt Markets - A summary of the private debt investment opportunity   new
Selection of private equity managers in the UK
The case for global listed infrastructure
The impact of credit tightening on infrastructure investments
The tail that wags the dog: Modelling tail risk in alternatives
What are commodities?

Why invest in international property?

 

 

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Alternative Investments

Mercer has a team of 30 who research alternative asset classes.

Dragana Timotijevic, Head of Alternatives Research

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