As the US stock market continues to struggle, many investors are looking for alternative investment options that can provide diversification and potentially higher returns. Here are five alternative investments to consider: Real estate: Investing in real estate can provide a steady stream of income through rental payments, as well as the potential for capital appreciation. In addition, real estate can act as a hedge against inflation, as the value of real estate tends to increase over time. There are several ways to invest in real estate, including purchasing rental properties, investing in a ..read more

As an investor, you are likely familiar with stocks and bonds, as traditional investment options. You may also have heard the term alternative investments, or “Alts”.  By way of example, one of the most common “Alts” is real estate, which has been a popular asset class for many decades, and still is. The range of alternative investment opportunities has grown significantly in recent years, and this has prompted investors, and their advisors, to reconsider their role in well crafted, well diversified investment portfolios. This expanded range of alternative investment opportunities include ..read more

What problem does access solve? Insofar as many investment advisors primarily invest in public equity and fixed income, either directly or through funds, such advisors may be faced with situations where…  1. They are seeking investment opportunities for their clients outside of these markets and/or,  2. Their clients have asked them to invest their holdings beyond these markets.  Our research has shown us that RIAs have difficulty sourcing opportunities to invest in discrete alternative investments. This has led to situations where clients are typically left to their own devic ..read more

Investment Diversification The old adage of “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket” is as good a description of “diversification” as there is.  In the context of investing, diversification is a way to obtain a desired risk/reward balance in an investment portfolio. This is done by spreading around the components of an investor’s portfolio so that such investor’s exposure to any one type of asset is limited. This practice is designed also to help reduce the volatility of a portfolio over time. The process of deciding how to apportion an investor’s portfolio is called asset allocation, w ..read more

Alternative Investments and the Financial Advisor Community access is a FinTech company offering opportunities to qualified investors to invest in discrete and well-curated alternative investments. access’ offerings consist of alternative assets from a variety of asset classes that provide investors with contractual current cash flow, future residual value returns and, in some instances, tax benefits. access strives to make discrete asset investment opportunities available to qualified investors. The access business model permits investment advisors or their clients the ability to create portf ..read more

Vertical Partners A significant portion of the alternative investments  sourced and to be sourced by access for investment by our investors are in discrete asset classes that have bespoke natures. We have identified the following asset classes that we believe possess uniquely attractive opportunities for our investors: The Transportation Sector Commercial Aircraft Rail Surface Transportation (trucks, containers, etc.) Maritime The Real Estate Sector Infrastructure Sector (cellphone towers, toll roads, etc.) Life Sciences Sports and Entertainment Whether it is aircraft, cellpho ..read more

access’ offering are unique insofar as they offer the following features: New Asset Classes – Our offerings bring to the market assets that have not been previously offered (or have been offered only a very limited basis) for purchase by investors in the investor classes targeted by access. These assets are (or will be) in a diverse range of industries, including: Transportation (aircraft, railcars, trucking, maritime andintermodal containers) Infrastructure Royalties (pharma, sports team merchandise and musiccatalogues) Discrete Assets – As compared to offerings in many other funds ..read more

Democratizing Alternative Asset Investing Access Alternative Investments, Inc. (“access”) is a FinTech company that has a primary goal of democratizing institutional-quality alternative investments. Democratization is the action of making something accessible to everyone. In the context of investing, it means making available to a broader universe of investors the opportunity to invest in categories of investments not previously available to them. So, how does access democratize investing? Let’s begin by examining what access does. access offers investment opportunities to accredited investors ..read more

Commercial Aircraft Investing in commercial aircraft is an excellent way to diversify an investment portfolio in alternative investments. While it may seem daunting, investing in commercial aircraft really is a straightforward exercise of investment analysis. There are three factors that will determine the overall pre-tax return on a commercial aircraft investment after taking into account the purchase price paid for the asset: Rental Income Maintenance Compensation Residual Value Let’s look at each of these in turn. Rental Income Commercial aircraft can be purchased ‘naked’ (absent a lease ..read more