Red flags raised over alternative income vehicles' disclosure

Analysts have expressed concerns about the disclosure policies of some specialist investment trusts as investors continue to pile into alternative assets.

As the income available from mainstream asset classes continues to dwindle, the hefty yields on offer from specialist debt vehicles and other alternative income trusts have fuelled a sharp rise in their popularity among fund buyers and retail investors. More than 75% of the £6.4bn raised by investment trusts in 2014 went into alternative income vehicles, according to broker Winterflood Securities, and the trend has shown little sign of slowing this year. How alternatives dominated trust fundraising in 2014 However, analysts have expressed fears that many of these vehicles' weak ...