Real Assets Straight Talk: Guy Tolhurst

14 Oct 2013 20 minutes

  • This straight talking show aimed at finance professionals investigates the exotic and sometimes emotional world of alternative investments with Guy Tolhurst, from the 2013 Alternative Investment Summit and Managing Director of Intelligent Partnership.

Real Assets Head to Head: Collectibles

11 Oct 2013 10 minutes

  • Lawrence Gosling and David Stevenson discuss why so many investors choose to focus on emotional and collectible assets such as stamps, cars and art – are these alternative assets a great diversifier or are they simply too risky for the mainstream investor?

Members Only Issues with Financial Services

8 Oct 2013 10 minutes

  • In this video, Intelligent Partnership’s Daniel Kiernan looks at some of the main issues with traditional financial services and how the industry is failing consumers.

Members Only The Concept of Ethical Investing

7 Oct 2013 10 minutes

  • In this video, Intelligent Partnership’s Daniel Kiernan covers the concept of ethical investing.

Real Assets Head to Head: Alternative Assets

4 Oct 2013 10 minutes

  • Investors are constantly encouraged to ‘diversify’ their investments across different classes, with many experts suggesting that ‘alternative assets’ might be a sensible source of future returns. But is this focus on everything from commodities through to rare cars and stamps, a wise idea for the average investor?

Members Only Active vs Passive Management

30 Sep 2013 10 minutes

  • In this short video, Intelligent Partnership’s Daniel Kiernan covers some of the important differences between active and passive management and the impact that this can have on investment performance.

Alternative Finance Investment 101: P2P Lending

27 Sep 2013 5 minutes

  • Peer to peer lending is the next big thing within the world of Alternative Finance, providing savers with an alternative source of income by lending to borrowers using online marketplaces. Platforms such as Zopa, Ratesetter and Funding Circle offer returns well above the average but what should investors look out for?

Alternative Finance Investment 101: Crowdfunding

20 Sep 2013 5 minutes

  • The rise of the internet and the rapid growth of new social networks online has opened up exciting, innovative ways to speculate on start ups and fast growing younger companies. Crowdfunding platforms in particular allow the experienced investor to bet on these hot new ideas for as little as £10 a go! But just how risky is this style of investing and what does the investor need to watch out for?

Real Assets Members Only Gold and Precious Metals Update

11 Sep 2013 9 minutes

  • In this short video, Intelligent Partnership’s Luke Jackson looks at what has happened to gold and precious metals recently and what that outlook may be for the future.

Real Assets Members Only Investing in Collectibles

10 Sep 2013 10 minutes

  • In this short video, Intelligent Partnership’s Luke Jackson looks at some of the benefits and risks of investing in collectibles, as well as what is available for investors. He also highlights some of the questions that investors, and their advisers, should be asking as part of their due diligence process before investing in this sector.