Alternative Investments
Modified: September 13, 2010
The following are examples of types of alternative investments or investment strategies used by benefit plans:
- Bank collective investment funds
- Pooled separate accounts
- Stable value investments
- Private equity funds
- Hedge funds
- Real estate investment trusts
- Funds of funds
Tools and Resources
EBPAQC Primer, Alternative Investments in Employee Benefit Plans
The Center has developed this primer to provide Center members with a general understanding of alternative investments held by employee benefit plans.
Issued December 10, 2007, this alert highlights certain requirements in the auditing standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures in the financial statements and certain aspects of GAAP that are particularly relevant to the current economic environment.
EBPAQC Stable Value Investment Resource Center
Find general information about stable value investments, and links to authoritative literature, a primer, and past center calls related to those investments.