Intelligent Partnership, which provides information on the alternative investments sector, is to hold its inaugural Alternative Investment Summit at Westminster Central Hall in London on 27 November.
The summit has been accredited by the IFP and will count as 7 hours of structured CPD. Members of the IFP will receive a discount for attendance, reducing the cost from £175 to just £75. Any IFP members wishing to attend should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. quoting: VIP-IFP
The summit will be of interest to anyone who finds themselves either in discussions about alternative investments including EIS and SEIS, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, UCIS and other alternatives, or those who want to gain a better understanding and awareness of this sector.
There are a host of leading industry speakers including Nicola Horlick, Jeff Lynn of Seedrs, Ben Blackett-Ord of Bovill and David Stevenson, who writes the 'Adventurous Investor' column for the FT and who will chair the Summit.
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Guy Tolhurst, managing director of Intelligent Partnership said: "Alternative investment is a large and growing sector; it's no longer out on the fringe.
"As investors experience fatigue and disappointment with conventional investments, we have seen great interest in crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes amongst others. We think it's time the industry took stock of what's happened – both the good and the bad – and had a forum to discuss good practice, how the sector might evolve, and most importantly when and where these investments are suitable."
Sue Leech, education director, at the IFP, said: "The IFP is pleased to confirm our CPD accreditation of the first Alternative Investment Summit. Intelligent Partnership embraces the needs of Financial Planners in understanding a range of investment sectors, not just the mainstream ones. Their publications and this conference meet our standards for providing our members with balanced, informative and structured CPD in a clear and concise format"
There are more details about the conference at www.aisummit.co.uk and planners can follow proceedings on Twitter by following @AISummit.