In March 2015, the AIC reports, there were two new issues in alternative assets: Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income, which sits in the Infrastructure sector, and VPC Specialty Lending Investments, which is classed as Sector Specialist: Debt. “With recent data indicating that low interest rates are here to stay for a good while yet, it seems likely higher-yielding investment companies will remain in vogue,” Ms Jackson says.
Ellie Duncan is deputy features editor at Investment Adviser
Key figures
4.9%
The average dividend among new issues last year
£910m
The amount of assets in the Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate investment trust when it launched in February 2014
£206m
The second-largest new issue in 2014 was the Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing investment trust
