An online resource center designed to keep advisors up to date on alternative investments has been created on LinkedIn by Jackson National Life Insurance Company.

The Alternative Investments Learning Center is dedicated to offering alternative investment education to advisors through an idea-sharing forum, according to the company.

Participants will have access to educational materials and discussions on alternative investment strategies, portfolio planning tools and industry best practices, according to Jackson.

Jackson plans to first invite advisors from its affiliated broker-dealer network, National Planning Holdings Inc., and then to gradually open the resource center to advisors from other broker-dealers.

Jackson also has launched the Center for Financial Insight for advisors and the public. Found on the Jackson Web site at www.jackson.com, the center will include research, white papers and thought leadership discussions.

The site currently includes discussions of technology, variable annuities and alternative investments.

“In an increasingly complicated financial world, all stakeholders in the investing process—advisors, investors and even our own employees—need access to educational resources that cater to their specific knowledge level and unique investment goals,” Clifford Jack, executive vice president and head of retail for Jackson, said in a prepared statement. “Our educational campaign is designed to bring clarity to an industry that many believe to be overly complex and confusing.”