by Bajan Reporter / December 13th, 2020
The Caribbean’s regional investment banking giant, NCB Capital Markets Limited (“
NCBCM”) has announced the launch of Stratus Alternative Funds SCC (“
Stratus”). This entity is an alternative investments platform, which will provide investors with a broad range of non-traditional high-yielding investment solutions. This asset class represents a different or “alternative” option for investors to diversify their portfolios away from their longstanding reliance on traditional stocks, bonds, and cash. This may include infrastructure assets, real estate, private equity, mezzanine financing and turn-around opportunities.
Alternatives usually require high minimum investments and advanced technical competencies to assess their attractiveness. As such, they are primarily held by institutional fund managers and ultra-high net worth investors. However, with the introduction of Stratus, more investors are now able to participate in these