Investments in little-known companies, illusive strategies and futuristic concepts comes with very specific risks, especially in the short-term, but with the appropriate long-term perspective, and alongside more traditional investment options in your portfolio, these could offer diversified and excess performance to investors. Such options are now available via actively-managed funds, and specifically as exchange-traded products, as we await the introduction of AMETFs – Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Funds – on the JSE.