About the Book
In Getting Started in Alternative Investments, a team of accomplished investment and finance experts delivers a concise and robust exploration of mainstream and alternative investments. From cryptocurrencies to streetwear, you'll learn about new opportunities for investment capturing the imagination of the latest generation of investors. In this book, the authors discuss investments as varied as catastrophe bonds and non-fungible tokens, as well as the growing influence of the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) movement on different financial instruments. It also examines: more "traditional" alternatives to typical securities, like venture capital, private equity, and real estate-related investments; "modern" alternative investments, including alternative finance (e.g., peer-to-peer lending), insurance-linked securities, and impact investing; and niche assets, such as intellectual property (e.g., royalties and patents), fractional ownership of collectibles, and income-sharing agreements. Getting Started in Alternative Investments is a must-listen book for individual and retail investors, as well as investment and finance professionals seeking to expand their investment horizons beyond traditional stocks and bonds.
About the Author :
Matthew Dearth is managing director at Silvercrest Asset Management, a leading independent advisory and financial services firm created to provide traditional and alternative asset management and focused family office services to wealthy families and select institutional investors. His thirty years of financial services experience also include roles with leading equity hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, global investment bank Goldman Sachs, and strategy consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton. Matt founded his own firm in 2013, advising clients in the United States, Asia, and Europe on new product development, performance attribution analysis, and portfolio manager decision-making. In addition, since 2016 he has served as adjunct faculty (finance) at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University, teaching graduate-level courses on alternative investments and sustainable investing. In recognition of his teaching, Matt has been awarded the Dean's Teaching Honor List for Top Adjunct Faculty (Postgraduate Programs) since 2019. Matt holds a PhD (general management) from Singapore Management University, an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and operations research from Princeton University. He has written several teaching cases available through Harvard Business Publishing on topics ranging from investing in collectibles and sustainable venture capital. A native of the American Midwest who spent twenty years living and working in the New York area, Matt has lived in Singapore since 2015. Swee Yong Ku has been a director of the licensed property consulting firm International Property Advisor Pte Ltd since 2010. In the past two decades, he has also taken on the roles of chief marketing officer of Kasa Singapore, a real estate tokenization platform, and was the country CEO of the Century 21 real estate agency in Singapore. Prior to running his own practice, he was a director in the Real Estate Centre of Expertise at Societe Generale Private Banking, responsible for advising clients on real estate investments; the director of Marketing and Business Development at real estate consulting firm Savills Singapore; and the general manager at property developer Far East Organization's Indonesia office. He was an adjunct faculty at three institutions of higher learning: the Lee Kong Chian School of Business in the Singapore Management University, the Department of Real Estate in the National University of Singapore, and the School of Design and Environment in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He holds an MBA in marketing from University of Hull, UK, and completed his BSc in chemistry at the Imperial College, University of London, UK, and the Institut Louis Pasteur, Universite de Strasbourg, France. Swee has written six books on the property market: Real Estate Riches, Building Your Real Estate Riches, Real Estate Realities, Weathering a Property Downturn, Preparing for a Property Upturn, and The Future of Real Estate. Swee is now researching how new technologies impact the real estate market. In particular, he is focused on how autonomous vehicles will affect the built environment and bring about urban regeneration. Tim Lounibos is a longtime film/TV actor whose credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, JAG, The West Wing, Bosch, and NCIS. Tim's voice has been described as rich, soothing, expressive, gritty, and honest. He loves bringing conflicted heroes, misunderstood characters, wise elders, and sinister antagonists to life. His favorite genres include fantasy/sci-fi, crime, mystery/thriller, YA, horror, self-help, and biography. When not acting, Tim enjoys playing board games, solving escape rooms, and laughing and hanging with family and friends.
