Institutional investors turn to private markets
0Institutional investors are looking to mitigate risks by increasing allocations to private markets according to asset manager BlackRock’s annual survey of global institutions.
The survey found that more than half of clients said that the most important risk influencing their rebalancing and asset allocation plans was the “possibility of the cycle turning”.
Just over half were intending to move more cash into illiquid alternatives, with 54% intending to increase exposure to real assets, 47% to private equity, and 40% to real estate.
According to the survey of 230 institutional clients, representing over US $7 trillion in investable assets globally, over half (51%) intend to decrease their allocation to public equities in 2019.
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