Mr Burns also highlights vehicles specialising in peer-to-peer lending, as well as areas such as student property and even litigation alongside the more traditional private equity alternatives.
“The growth of these areas is being driven by the search for income, but also because the mainstream banks are no longer willing or able to meet the financing needs in these specialist areas – [hence] investment firms have stepped in to fill the gap. It is hard to launch a conventional equity-based trust nowadays, but demand for those investing in alternative assets is very healthy,” he adds.
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Nyree Stewart is features editor at Investment Adviser
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