[GUIDE] Alternative Investments: Key insights to strengthen portfolio diversification

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Nowadays, an increasing number of investment funds are offering their clients the opportunity to tap into alternative investments.

The reason is simple: these investments provide multiple benefits that help protect and grow capital over time.

In our guide, Alternative investments Key insights to strengthen portfolio diversification, we explain in detail the characteristics of each type of alternative investment and why they are chosen by managers.

Types of alternative investments 

To build more complete strategies, many funds rely on alternative investments, among which four main groups stand out:

  • Real estate is ideal for passive income and inflation protection.
  • Venture capital and private equity offer high return potential, but this comes with greater risk and lower liquidity.
  • Hedge funds offering active strategies to outperform the market.
  • Digital assets, increasingly adopted by sophisticated managers.

Advantages of alternative investments

We also explore benefits such as:

  • Real diversification compared to traditional assets.
  • Protection against inflation and adverse cycles.
  • Potentially higher returns, depending on the type of asset and time horizon.

What does our guide include?

In our ebook, Alternative investments Key insights to strengthen portfolio diversification, you will also learn to:

  • Understand what investment funds are and the types of alternative investments.
  • Assess each alternative according to your objectives and risk profile.
  • Discover the different ways to invest, whether directly or through funds.
  • Understand how the economic context impacts each type of investment.

Find out how FlexFunds transforms alternative assets into liquid and global ETPs.

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Welcome to FlexFunds

We provide our services under the Global Note Programs through several entities that perform different activities. Among these entities are FlexFunds ETP LLC which acts as Calculation Agent, and FlexFunds Ltd, which acts as the Program Coordinator. Before making a decision to invest in the Global Note Programs, you should consider the following:

1. Independent entities.FlexFunds ETP and FlexFunds Ltd. are not managers of the special purpose vehicles, collectively, responsible for the issuance of Notes under the Global Note Programs.

2. Coordinated Activities.FlexFunds ETP and FlexFunds Ltd act as coordinators of the different entities participating in the Global Note Programs. However, each of the entities is responsible for its own duties and activities in the process.

3. Not Broker-Dealer or Investment Adviser.Neither FlexFunds ETP nor FlexFunds Ltd. is a U.S. registered broker-dealer or an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Our entities do not raise capital for clients or the Issuers. We do not solicit any specific products, nor offer investment advice or make investment recommendations, nor do we offer tax, legal, financial advice or otherwise.

FlexFunds ETP may collect data about your computer or device, including, where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and other similar purposes.