Research from PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests alternatives will grow significantly in the next few years. The data indicate that assets will double between 2017 and 2025. Real assets, including infrastructure and real estate, are expected to grow the fastest out of all other segments.
Now, the latest products alts seek to provide investment opportunities that are not available on the open market and combine clients' passions with their investment portfolios.
For example, Vint, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) qualified investment platform, is the first wine investment platform to offer wine and spirits collections shares. The company has raised $1 million in in less than seven months, suggesting the concept has not yet gained wide acceptance. Another offering relates to Karuizawa, a rare whiskey from a producer considered royalty among Japanese whiskies. At $34 a share, clients, including nonaccredited investors, can own a piece. According to Nick King, CEO of Vint, Japanese whiskies on average returned more than 40 percent in 2021.
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