ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT EDUCATION
Many private investors have lost faith in the Financial Service Industry after the Global Financial Crisis. This has lead to an increasing number of individuals wanted to take a more active role in managing their personal finances, however many lack the knowledge or expertise to understand what options are available to them.
Ai-Select offers private consulting and educational services to investors looking to gain knowledge on the following alternative investment sector:
A hedgefund is a largely unregulated private investment fund that uses any available investing strategies to increase returns. It is common for the fund managers to have leveraged long and short positions in both domestic and foreign markets. The theory is that the freedom allows hedge funds to have a positive return when the market is up, down or even sideways. You must first qualiiy as a sophisticated investor before you are eligable to invest within a fund (US $1m+ minimum Investment)
Private equity funds are investment companies that, as a rule, do not hold publicly-traded securities. Instead, they normally seek equity stakes (that is, partial ownership) in private companies. They also may invest in so-called private placements of securities from public companies. That is, securities that are not offered to the general public or traded in the public securities markets. Private equity funds tend to have much longer investment horizons than funds that hold publicly-traded securities.
The asset management industry is made up of mutual funds, pension funds, and private-client assets, as well as foundations, endowments, central bank reserves and other large financial pools requiring institutional asset management services. They are investment schemes that pools money from many different investors to invest in stocks, bonds, or other assets. Typically, there are thousands (if not millions) of different investors who own shares of that mutual fund, which collectively make up the mutual fund's holdings.
Private Investor Networks are a great way to education yourself in investing while allowing access to larger, more sophisticated investment vehicles via grouping together to form investment syndicates. Most investor networks operate in the property sector however some groups allow access to sophisticated level investment in Private Equity and Venture Capital.
