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Alternative investments

Barclays Wealth is one of the UK’s largest and most successful managers of alternative investments.

Alternative investments are typically instruments other than stock or bonds, such as hedge funds, private equity and real estate, which can help you diversify your portfolio and manage your risk exposure more effectively. Compared with other investments, alternative strategies can offer you:

  • Potentially higher returns
  • Less volatility
  • Potentially, the opportunity to preserve capital when traditional markets fall in value, as alternative investments generally have a low correlation with traditional asset classes like equities and bonds

These exciting markets are often only available to institutional investors, but we make them available to you through feeder funds managed by our team of dedicated specialists.

The complexity of many alternative investments means the role of the fund manager is crucial in ensuring you achieve your investment goals. Our team identifies the best managers and opportunities in the market. You’ll gain full access to the investment insights of Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors, as well as best-of-breed third-party fund managers.

Alternative investments carry potentially greater risk than traditional investments, and can be subject to one-time losses from rare events. The value of your investment can go down as well as up and you may not get back the amount you invested.

For expert advice, talk to us about developing an alternative investment strategy to suit your risk/reward profile.

Find out more about the alternative investments offered by Barclays Wealth:

 

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Legal information

The products and services described on this page are provided by the following companies, which are part of Barclays Wealth: Barclays Bank PLC in England & Wales, Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA in Switzerland, Barclays Private Bank & Trust Limited in Jersey, Barclays Private Bank & Trust (Cayman) in Cayman Islands, Barclays Private Bank & Trust (Isle of Man) Limited in Isle of Man, Barclays Private Asset Management (Monaco) SAM in Monaco. For further information on these companies and Barclays Wealth please read the Important Information.

Products and services on this site may not be available in certain jurisdictions. In particular, these products and services are not being offered in Japan or the United States or to US residents. For full details of exclusions and disclaimers please see the Important Information before proceeding. Each Barclays Wealth company reserves the right to make a final determination on whether or not you are eligible for any particular product or service.


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Products and services on this site may not be available in certain jurisdictions. In particular, these products and services are not being offered in Japan or the United States or to US residents. For full details of exclusions and disclaimers please see the important information before proceeding.

BARX - Barclays Stockbrokers fully customisable professional trading platform allows seamless trading in equities and CFDs

Gerrard Client Centre - Online access to Gerrard Investment Management Portfolios

International Online Banking - Online banking for international clients

UK Online Banking - Online banking for UK resident clients

Barclays Stockbrokers - The UK’s largest execution-only broker offers self directed investors access to a wide range of investment products & services

e-FX Dealer - An internet based real-time* treasury dealing service for intermediaries and corporate clients

Corporate eBanking
Online banking for intermediaries and corporate clients providing you with real time access* to your accounts.  Log-on to the appropriate service for you:

International Corporate eBanking
Wealth Online Banking (Switzerland) for Swiss based accounts
Wealth Online Banking (Singapore) for Singapore based accounts

*Subject to system’s availability