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Advisers lacking specialist investment expertise should be “discouraged” from recommending funds of hedge funds and other alternative investments, despite the FSA unblocking access for retail clients.
ETFs tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers reveals.
Future Capital Partners (FCP), the £6 billion alternative investment boutique, has struictured a private equity deal that will allow UK investors to engage in the rapidly growing Renewable Transport Fuels (RTF) sector for the first time.
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