Skip navigation
Wealth Management Wire
In Shift Toward Alternatives, Illiquid Alts Gain Ground

In Shift Toward Alternatives, Illiquid Alts Gain Ground

Still, a growing number of investors are using alts for new purposes, like boosting portfolio returns.

Alternative investments are becoming an increasingly important part of institutional investors' portfolios, but many don't fully understand how alts work - nor are they fully happy with performance. Still, a growing number of investors are using alts for new purposes, like boosting portfolio returns, and many are beginning to tap illiquid alternatives like real estate, private debt and infrastructure debt.

These are some of the key findings published in the 2016 edition of RiskMonitor - our annual survey that reports on the top issues facing institutional investors around the world, from public pension plans to family offices and endowments.

How institutional investors view alternatives today

Most use alts for diversification, but performance is gaining traction: Our RiskMonitor research shows that 30% of institutional investors use alternatives for the diversification benefits they provide, while about 25% invest in alts because of their low correlation to other asset classes. However, a… Read More …

View Original Article

Hide comments

Comments

  • Allowed HTML tags: <em> <strong> <blockquote> <br> <p>

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Publish