Property investments: Time to consider more esoteric options?

As flows into traditional property investments have accelerated this year, fund buyers have been looking outside traditional assets to more esoteric investment options.

Property has been one of the most popular asset classes this year. According to IMA sales figures, a net £315m flowed into the property sector during the month of September, an increase on £242m in August. A number of prominent fund buyers have labelled property their favourite investment of 2014, and have continued to add to the asset class throughout the year. However, strong inflows have led traditional open-ended property funds to increase cash holdings as they struggle to cope with this level of demand. For example, SLI's and Henderson's UK property funds have doubled in size ove...