Beyond Capital Markets Announces 2012 Research and Educational Agenda for Alternative Investments

Feb. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- The firm releases its most ambitious research agenda, aimed at its mission of aligning alternative investments with institutional and retail clients.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – FEBRUARY 29, 2011: The use of alternative investments has emerged as a key channel for achieving portfolio goals. As institutional and individual investors search for more active approaches to investing, financial advisors and portfolio managers are finding that alternative investments fit the bill. Beyond Capital Markets has announced its plans to offer research and educational resources to help investment professionals access independent insights and utilize alternative investments as effectively as possible.

In the new insights reports from the Multi Alternative Asset Portfolio Series (MAAPS Insights), Beyond Capital Markets plans for 2012 include alternative strategy mutual funds and exchange traded funds, oil and gas partnerships, real estate, hedge funds, private equity and more. MAAPS Insights transforms complex data into comprehensive deliverables for investment professionals to use prior to making an informed investment decision with confidence.

“MAAPS enables institutional and retail investors to access timely, objective insights and resources that are critical for making alternative investment decisions,” stated McKenzie M. Slaughter, Founder & CEO.

Beyond Capital Markets covers hundreds of alternative funds with a highly qualified research team of over 20 analysts with CFA and CAIA designations. The basis for Beyond Capital Markets’ unique methods for providing research and educational resources on alternative investments is to gain insight into how fund managers actively manage alpha and identify key trends in specific sectors. Beyond Capital Markets conducts primary, quantitative-based research to get the most fundamental and technical analysis of alternative funds. The outcome of these reports help understand diversification and risk management by analyzing comparable sector performance reports to gain a foundation on investment market outlooks, reviewing key industry trends, sector specific operating performance ratio and current economic outlook for the industry.

Subscribers of MAAPS Insights have access to the current reports and upcoming reports for the year ahead as well as complimentary access to the MAAPS Educational Platform. The platform provides a building blocks approach makes it easy to understand how each alternative asset class works to achieve portfolio diversification and risk reduction. MAAPS Educational Platform is a members-only learning platform where members can access educational content, asset allocation applications, discussion forums, webinars and more.

Slaughter notes, “We understand that resources for professionals to learn about alternative investments are far and few. So we want to make the experience for bridging the knowledge gap more interactive and easily applicable by providing manageable steps to work your way to true portfolio diversification.”

MAAPS Educational Platform currently has a growing number of new beta users. Individual investors can also request free access to MAAPS Educational Platform, by visiting http://www.beyondcapitalmarkets.com/request-free-membership.

Organizations interested in further details about MAAPS Insights reports can access sample reports found at: http://www.beyondcapitalmarkets.com/sample-reports.

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About Beyond Capital Markets
Beyond Capital Markets is an independent investment research and educational services firm exclusively focused on the alternative asset classes and strategies with little to no correlation to equities and fixed income. We deliver timely insights that drive portfolio diversification. With ever-changing global financial complexities, investment professionals are heavily leaning on alternative investment vehicles to provide broader risk reduction and improved portfolio performance.

We are uniquely positioned to bring forth key fundamental and technical insights as well as educational resources that are essential when investment professionals present alternative investment strategies to their clients in the new economy. Our seasoned in-house analysts team and global partners incorporate a holistic, independent approach to deliver the highest level of integrity and transparency.

The Multi Alternative Asset Portfolio Series Insights transforms complex data into comprehensive deliverables for investors to use prior to making an informed investment decision with confidence. The outcome of these reports help understand diversification and risk management by analyzing comparable sector performance reports to gain a foundation on investment market outlooks, reviewing key industry trends, sector specific operating performance ratio and current economic outlook for the industry.