Ankesh, PathakPathakAnkeshS, NagalakshmiNagalakshmiS2025-07-212025-07-212025-0152p.https://gnanaganga.alliance.edu.in/handle/123456789/8382In today's investment world, investors are no longer restricted to traditional choices such as stock bonds or cash. Today, wide variety financial assets have been made available to investors that help them to better diversify and manage the risk. Among them, one of the significant categories is termed as Alternative Investment, any asset class that does not fit the traditional investment options. Alternately, these investments are less known and less available as well as highly specialized with regard to knowledge, but they play an extraordinary role in a diversified portfolio.enInvestment ManagementMutual FundsFinance & AccountingAlternative Investment Preferences of Investmentdissertation