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Why alternative assets?

Australia has seen a pivotal shift to private market investments as investors looking for growth and income move to diversify their investment portfolio. Alternative assets are generally protected from market volatility, currency fluctuations and inflation.They can also reduce overall risk and maximise value over the longer term, helping investors achieve stability in their investment portfolio.

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The New Core: 2026 Alternatives Outlook Blog
February 20 , 2026

The New Core: 2026 Alternatives Outlook

Mark Sherwood

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iPartners inFocus – All change please as the RBA shifts tack Whitepaper
February 18 , 2026

iPartners inFocus – All change please as the RBA shifts tack

Michael Blythe

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: David Wiadrowski on Building a Board Portfolio, CEO Succession and Trusting Your Gut on the Big Decisions Podcast
February 12 , 2026

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: David Wiadrowski on Building a Board Portfolio, CEO Succession and Trusting Your Gut on the Big Decisions

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Best of 2025 Podcast
January 16 , 2026

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Best of 2025

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Gary Sly on Four Decades in Capital Markets: Securitisation, Career Lessons, and Navigating Market Cycles Podcast
December 11 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Gary Sly on Four Decades in Capital Markets: Securitisation, Career Lessons, and Navigating Market Cycles

Grow Your Wealth

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iPartners inFocus – Australia in 2026: Risks & Opportunities Whitepaper
December 3 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Australia in 2026: Risks & Opportunities

Michael Blythe

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Alison Crealy Fail Forward: Career Pivots, People & Culture, and Building Long-Term Wealth Podcast
November 13 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Alison Crealy Fail Forward: Career Pivots, People & Culture, and Building Long-Term Wealth

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Sam Kennard Building a Self-Storage Empire: Culture, Prime Locations, and Patient Growth Podcast
October 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Sam Kennard Building a Self-Storage Empire: Culture, Prime Locations, and Patient Growth

Grow Your Wealth

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The Power of Compounding: The 2% Avalanche Blog
September 16 , 2025

The Power of Compounding: The 2% Avalanche

Alex Thompson

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Jaki Virtue – Leadership, Risk-Taking, and Building a Legacy in Business Podcast
September 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Jaki Virtue – Leadership, Risk-Taking, and Building a Legacy in Business

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Simon Moore – From Carlyle to Collinton: Private Equity, Duopolies, and Winning in Tough Markets Podcast
September 10 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Simon Moore – From Carlyle to Collinton: Private Equity, Duopolies, and Winning in Tough Markets

Grow Your Wealth

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Australian Capital Markets in Transition: The Emergence of Private Equity Secondaries Blog
September 9 , 2025

Australian Capital Markets in Transition: The Emergence of Private Equity Secondaries

Alex Thompson

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The New Dynamics of First Mortgage Lending Blog
September 4 , 2025

The New Dynamics of First Mortgage Lending

Alex Thompson

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The Australian Hybrid Phase-Out: Navigating a New Era for Income Investors Blog
August 25 , 2025

The Australian Hybrid Phase-Out: Navigating a New Era for Income Investors

Alex Thompson

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Private Credit in Australia vs. USA: A Tale of Two Markets Blog
August 18 , 2025

Private Credit in Australia vs. USA: A Tale of Two Markets

Alex Thompson

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iPartners inFocus – Tariffs, Policy & the Consumer Whitepaper
August 13 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Tariffs, Policy & the Consumer

Michael Blythe

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Grant Lovett – From Wall Street to Philanthropy: Lessons in Leadership, Risk, and Giving Back Podcast
July 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Grant Lovett – From Wall Street to Philanthropy: Lessons in Leadership, Risk, and Giving Back

Grow Your Wealth

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Navigating Stagflation Fears: Why Diversification Through Alternatives Will Help Blog
June 30 , 2025

Navigating Stagflation Fears: Why Diversification Through Alternatives Will Help

Andrew Baume

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Clayton Howes – Building MoneyMe: Capital Structure, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Drive Podcast
June 11 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Clayton Howes – Building MoneyMe: Capital Structure, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Drive

Grow Your Wealth

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Types of Alternative Investments Blog
June 4 , 2025

Types of Alternative Investments

Travis Miller

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The new component in building passive income strategies Blog
May 27 , 2025

The new component in building passive income strategies

Mark Sherwood

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The RBA moved rates, but does it move the dial? Blog
May 22 , 2025

The RBA moved rates, but does it move the dial?

Andrew Baume

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: From Academia to Asset Management: Building a Podcast
May 22 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: From Academia to Asset Management: Building a $3.4B Private Credit Powerhouse

Grow Your Wealth

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Well, That Was a Month Blog
May 5 , 2025

Well, That Was a Month

Andrew Baume

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Real Estate Growth, Private Credit, and the Power of Hustle Podcast
April 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Real Estate Growth, Private Credit, and the Power of Hustle

Grow Your Wealth

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iPartners inFocus – Election 2025 Whitepaper
April 16 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Election 2025

Michael Blythe

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The Rise of Private Credit: Are You Investing in the Real Deal? Blog
April 14 , 2025

The Rise of Private Credit: Are You Investing in the Real Deal?

Travis Miller

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Beyond the 60/40: Strategic Asset Allocation in a Changing Investment Landscape Whitepaper
April 7 , 2025

Beyond the 60/40: Strategic Asset Allocation in a Changing Investment Landscape

Travis Miller

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Types of investors we see in Private Credit – What style of investor are you? Blog
April 3 , 2025

Types of investors we see in Private Credit – What style of investor are you?

Mark Sherwood

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Ed Burns on The Future of Investing: AI, Market Cycles, and Wealth Creation Podcast
March 12 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Ed Burns on The Future of Investing: AI, Market Cycles, and Wealth Creation

Grow Your Wealth

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The iPartners Investment Funds vs the iPartners Income Notes (iiNotes) Blog
March 9 , 2025

The iPartners Investment Funds vs the iPartners Income Notes (iiNotes)

Mark Sherwood

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Does tomorrow’s RBA decision really matter? Blog
February 17 , 2025

Does tomorrow’s RBA decision really matter?

Andrew Baume

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Follow the Money Blog
February 3 , 2025

Follow the Money

Andrew Baume

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Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Equity Markets Blog
January 28 , 2025

Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Equity Markets

Mark Sherwood

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Alternative Investment Trends in 2025 Blog
December 18 , 2024

Alternative Investment Trends in 2025

Mark Sherwood

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How Listed Markets Influence Private Markets Blog
December 12 , 2024

How Listed Markets Influence Private Markets

Mark Sherwood

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How Listed Markets Influence Private Markets Blog
December 12 , 2024

How Listed Markets Influence Private Markets

Mark Sherwood

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Alternative Investment Trends in 2025 Blog
December 18 , 2024

Alternative Investment Trends in 2025

Mark Sherwood

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Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Equity Markets Blog
January 28 , 2025

Identifying, Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Equity Markets

Mark Sherwood

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Follow the Money Blog
February 3 , 2025

Follow the Money

Andrew Baume

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Does tomorrow’s RBA decision really matter? Blog
February 17 , 2025

Does tomorrow’s RBA decision really matter?

Andrew Baume

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The iPartners Investment Funds vs the iPartners Income Notes (iiNotes) Blog
March 9 , 2025

The iPartners Investment Funds vs the iPartners Income Notes (iiNotes)

Mark Sherwood

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Types of investors we see in Private Credit – What style of investor are you? Blog
April 3 , 2025

Types of investors we see in Private Credit – What style of investor are you?

Mark Sherwood

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The Rise of Private Credit: Are You Investing in the Real Deal? Blog
April 14 , 2025

The Rise of Private Credit: Are You Investing in the Real Deal?

Travis Miller

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Well, That Was a Month Blog
May 5 , 2025

Well, That Was a Month

Andrew Baume

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The RBA moved rates, but does it move the dial? Blog
May 22 , 2025

The RBA moved rates, but does it move the dial?

Andrew Baume

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The new component in building passive income strategies Blog
May 27 , 2025

The new component in building passive income strategies

Mark Sherwood

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Types of Alternative Investments Blog
June 4 , 2025

Types of Alternative Investments

Travis Miller

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Navigating Stagflation Fears: Why Diversification Through Alternatives Will Help Blog
June 30 , 2025

Navigating Stagflation Fears: Why Diversification Through Alternatives Will Help

Andrew Baume

Read more
Private Credit in Australia vs. USA: A Tale of Two Markets Blog
August 18 , 2025

Private Credit in Australia vs. USA: A Tale of Two Markets

Alex Thompson

Read more
The Australian Hybrid Phase-Out: Navigating a New Era for Income Investors Blog
August 25 , 2025

The Australian Hybrid Phase-Out: Navigating a New Era for Income Investors

Alex Thompson

Read more
The New Dynamics of First Mortgage Lending Blog
September 4 , 2025

The New Dynamics of First Mortgage Lending

Alex Thompson

Read more
Australian Capital Markets in Transition: The Emergence of Private Equity Secondaries Blog
September 9 , 2025

Australian Capital Markets in Transition: The Emergence of Private Equity Secondaries

Alex Thompson

Read more
The Power of Compounding: The 2% Avalanche Blog
September 16 , 2025

The Power of Compounding: The 2% Avalanche

Alex Thompson

Read more
The New Core: 2026 Alternatives Outlook Blog
February 20 , 2026

The New Core: 2026 Alternatives Outlook

Mark Sherwood

Read more
Podcast
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Ed Burns on The Future of Investing: AI, Market Cycles, and Wealth Creation Podcast
March 12 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Ed Burns on The Future of Investing: AI, Market Cycles, and Wealth Creation

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Real Estate Growth, Private Credit, and the Power of Hustle Podcast
April 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Real Estate Growth, Private Credit, and the Power of Hustle

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: From Academia to Asset Management: Building a Podcast
May 22 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: From Academia to Asset Management: Building a $3.4B Private Credit Powerhouse

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Clayton Howes – Building MoneyMe: Capital Structure, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Drive Podcast
June 11 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Clayton Howes – Building MoneyMe: Capital Structure, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Drive

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Grant Lovett – From Wall Street to Philanthropy: Lessons in Leadership, Risk, and Giving Back Podcast
July 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Grant Lovett – From Wall Street to Philanthropy: Lessons in Leadership, Risk, and Giving Back

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Simon Moore – From Carlyle to Collinton: Private Equity, Duopolies, and Winning in Tough Markets Podcast
September 10 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Simon Moore – From Carlyle to Collinton: Private Equity, Duopolies, and Winning in Tough Markets

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Jaki Virtue – Leadership, Risk-Taking, and Building a Legacy in Business Podcast
September 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Jaki Virtue – Leadership, Risk-Taking, and Building a Legacy in Business

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Sam Kennard Building a Self-Storage Empire: Culture, Prime Locations, and Patient Growth Podcast
October 16 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Sam Kennard Building a Self-Storage Empire: Culture, Prime Locations, and Patient Growth

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Alison Crealy Fail Forward: Career Pivots, People & Culture, and Building Long-Term Wealth Podcast
November 13 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Alison Crealy Fail Forward: Career Pivots, People & Culture, and Building Long-Term Wealth

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Gary Sly on Four Decades in Capital Markets: Securitisation, Career Lessons, and Navigating Market Cycles Podcast
December 11 , 2025

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Gary Sly on Four Decades in Capital Markets: Securitisation, Career Lessons, and Navigating Market Cycles

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Best of 2025 Podcast
January 16 , 2026

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: Best of 2025

Grow Your Wealth

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Grow Your Wealth Podcast: David Wiadrowski on Building a Board Portfolio, CEO Succession and Trusting Your Gut on the Big Decisions Podcast
February 12 , 2026

Grow Your Wealth Podcast: David Wiadrowski on Building a Board Portfolio, CEO Succession and Trusting Your Gut on the Big Decisions

Grow Your Wealth

Read more
Whitepaper
Beyond the 60/40: Strategic Asset Allocation in a Changing Investment Landscape Whitepaper
April 7 , 2025

Beyond the 60/40: Strategic Asset Allocation in a Changing Investment Landscape

Travis Miller

Read more
iPartners inFocus – Election 2025 Whitepaper
April 16 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Election 2025

Michael Blythe

Read more
iPartners inFocus – Tariffs, Policy & the Consumer Whitepaper
August 13 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Tariffs, Policy & the Consumer

Michael Blythe

Read more
iPartners inFocus – Australia in 2026: Risks & Opportunities Whitepaper
December 3 , 2025

iPartners inFocus – Australia in 2026: Risks & Opportunities

Michael Blythe

Read more
iPartners inFocus – All change please as the RBA shifts tack Whitepaper
February 18 , 2026

iPartners inFocus – All change please as the RBA shifts tack

Michael Blythe

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Alternative asset classes

Alternative asset classes

Private credit

Any form of lending held by or extended to privately-held companies. It comes in many forms, but commonly involves non-bank institutions making loans to private companies or buying those loans on the secondary market.

Real estate

Can consist of office, industrial, housing, hotel or retail properties. Each type of property investment differs and investment can be in debt or equity. The sector has provided regular income and steady growth as some investors like owning physical assets.

Asset-backed lending

Asset-backed portfolios are typically an exposure to a range of underlying assets. Investors benefit from having security over a diversified pool of assets, rather than a single asset, which can reduce the overall risk. iPartners focus on short-dated senior secured and largely asset-backed loans.

Agriculture

Agriculture investments include ownership or debt funding of livestock, crops, water rights and other forms of primary production. Investments can also include freehold or leasehold ownership of farming land.

Managed funds

Managed Funds offered by iPartners make up a diversified portfolio across iPartners co-investments, cash, private credit, asset backed debt, property and a selection of 3rd party alternative funds and assets. The Funds provide investors exposure to alternative asset investments.

Education is the biggest hurdle to alternatives becoming a mainstream asset class. This book aims to fill the gap and educate a wider audience on the opportunity of investing in alternatives.

Travis Miller

Author, Co-Founder & CEO, iPartners.
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