The newsletter is out for the week. If you follow the blog, you know by now that we’re doing a sort of celebration of alternatives throughout this week, so it only made sense to have a newsletter that stayed in the same vein. We initially set out to celebrate Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) who were bringing their clients alternatives- particularly managed futures. However, as we journeyed through the interviews for the piece, a more valuable story emerged: the tale of how the RIAs got to a point where they wanted to offer alternatives- and managed futures, in particular- at all.
We mentioned on the blog yesterday that the more important question than “Why alternatives?”- for us, at least- is “Why NOT alternatives?” To be honest, we haven’t come across any especially persuasive answers, but this week’s newsletter takes a stab at providing a big picture view of the cycle we see many RIAs go through on their way to offering actual alternative exposure. Our hope? That talking about this cycle will help other RIAs determine where they are in the journey- and which direction to go next. That individual investors will question their RIAs progress through the cycle, and what level of alternative exposure they actually have.
Yep, just more questions- but they’re the right ones to ask.