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Private equity is preferred alternative investment

The latest poll of Trustnetusers indicates that private equityis the favoured style of 鈥榓lternative' investment by the investment community.

Offered the choice of classic cars, fine art or wine, hedge funds/futures/options derivatives, horses or private equity, more than 38% of all respondents, mainly private investors and financial advisers, chose private equity. Hedge funds/futures/options derivatives pipped fine art or wine to second place polling 19.2% and 18.6% respectively. 14.5% chose classic cars as their preferred alternative investment vehicle while horses trailed with a luke-warm 9.6%.

The online survey, carried out during April 2007, was triggered by a recent FSA consultation paper proposing funds of alternative investment funds. Although private equity products were voted first choice consistently by private investors and professionals alike, the survey reveals an interesting disparity between private investors with financial advisers and those who go it alone, in other categories.