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The last two years have seen a significant increase in activity in the alternative investment sector. Enterprise Investment Schemes, Crowd Funding, Peer to Peer lending, UCIS and direct investments into land and property have all attracted attention. Growth has been driven by a combination of innovative products, aggressive marketing, enterprises looking for new sources of capital and investors’ desire for alternatives to the mainstream asset classes. Investment has come both from traditional sources such as high net worth and sophisticated investors looking for diversification or tax incentives and from ordinary retail investors – often made possible by the flexibility of… continue reading