@article {Tomlinson88, author = {Andrew Tomlinson}, title = {Assessing the Ethical Content of Alternative Investments}, volume = {17}, number = {1}, pages = {88--92}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.3905/joi.2008.701959}, publisher = {Institutional Investor Journals Umbrella}, abstract = {Values-based investors (like other investors) have been advised to consider alternative investments as a source of uncorrelated returns, but we lack a framework within which to assess the {\textquotedblleft}values{\textquotedblright} content of such investments. The types of relationships that may exist between an investor, the instrument, and related parties are analyzed. Using this analysis, a preliminary framework is constructed to assess and rank the ethical content of traditional and nontraditional investments in the form of an ethical scoring matrixTOPICS: Real assets/alternative investments/private equity, portfolio management/multi-asset allocation, futures and forward contracts}, issn = {1068-0896}, URL = {https://joi.pm-research.com/content/17/1/88}, eprint = {https://joi.pm-research.com/content/17/1/88.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Investing} }