SS&C Blog

BLOGS. July 5, 2023

Alternative Investments – Picking a Lane for Continued Growth

If there is one universal truth about the investment management industry, it is its unique capacity for constant innovation. Today, it seems as if alternative assets of one type or another are the next frontier. Tremendous progress is being made as a wide variety of so-called semi-liquid products, such as interval funds, non-traded REITs and non-traded BDCs, are increasingly available to investors who meet accredited investor or suitability standards. These products offer investors exposure to assets that, until recently, were out of reach to all but the wealthiest and most sophisticated investors, including private real estate and credit. And, because they are less liquid than publicly traded vehicles, their prices tend to be more stable and less subject to market fluctuations.