Alternative investments

Helping investors to meet their financial goals as well as delivering portfolio diversification.

In a world of higher inflation and interest rates, and rising geopolitical uncertainty, alternative investments have an important role to play in helping investors meet their financial objectives.

As a specialist alternative asset manager, Gresham House is well positioned to help institutions, individuals and family offices access a range of alternative asset classes which can offer the potential for superior returns alongside proactive management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.

Our areas of specialism in alternative investments cover:

Sustainable, productive commercial forestry
New energy, including battery energy storage, wind and solar and collocated storage and renewables
Sustainable infrastructure including vertical framing, biodiversity net gain, digital inclusion, waste solutions and health & education
Natural capital and nature-based solutions
Real Estate including affordable UK housing (Build-to-Rent, Shared Ownership and Independent Retirement Living)
Strategic Equity including private equity

Why invest?

Our investment team has extensive experience in a range of alternative asset classes.

We have invested considerable time in developing robust investment processes, proprietary origination networks and best-in-class asset management capability for all our strategies.

As investors seek to diversify away from traditional mainstream assets, there is strong appetite for alternative investments, notably investments that are private and uncorrelated.

These assets offer the potential for superior risk-adjusted returns when compared with traditional asset classes.

How to invest in our alternative assets

We offer a number of alternative investment opportunities for a range of investors.

Forestry

Investments in forestry, a highly tax-efficient strategy comprising the ownership of freehold land with a growing crop of timber.

New Energy

Investments, such as utility-scale battery energy storage and both subsidised and unsubsidised renewables, that support the changing approach to electricity generation.

Natural Capital

Investments that contribute to and promote the potential transition towards a more sustainable economy through the protection and restoration of nature.

Sustainable Infrastucture

Investments that support and accelerate the changes required to address key global environmental and societal challenges.

UK Housing

Investments that source opportunities in the strategically important shared ownership, build-to-rent and affordable housing markets.

Strategic Equity

Long-term investments offering exposure to smaller public companies or early-stage and lower mid-market private companies.