Whois & Analysis for thetrustedinsight.com

Insight Investment (Insight) is one of the UK's largest investment management companies, specialising in liability-driven investment (LDI), fixed income, absolute return and specialist investment strategies.

Launched in 2002, Insight is headquartered in London.

It was responsible for assets under management of £440 billion, as at 31 March 2016 represented by the value of cash securities and other economic exposure managed for clients.

It is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, a multinational financial services corporation.

Institutional investor is a term for entities which pool money to purchase securities, real property, and other investment assets or originate loans.

Institutional investors include banks, insurance companies, pensions, hedge funds, REITs, investment advisors, endowments, and mutual funds.

Operating companies which invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term.

Activist institutional investors may also influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.

Investment management is the professional asset management of various securities (shares, bonds and other securities) and other assets (e.g., real estate) in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors.

Investors may be institutions (insurance companies, pension funds, corporations, charities, educational establishments etc) or private investors (both directly via investment contracts and more commonly via collective investment schemes e.g. mutual funds or exchange-traded funds).

An alternative investment is an investment in asset classes other than stocks, bonds, and cash.

The term is a relatively loose one and includes tangible assets such as precious metals, art, wine, antiques, coins, or stamps and some financial assets such as real estate, commodities, private equity, distressed securities, hedge funds, carbon credits, venture capital, film production, financial derivatives, and cryptocurrencies.

Investments in real estate and forestry are also often termed alternative despite the ancient use of such real assets to enhance and preserve wealth.

In the last century, fancy color diamonds have emerged as an alternative investment class as well.

Alternative investments are to be contrasted with traditional investments.