EIAMS 2009 – European pensions see profound changes
07 July 2009
The report reveals that European institutional investors are changing the way they allocate assets and interact with external service providers. Investors also prioritized the level of relative risk to a greater extent than before.
European institutional investors are changing the way they allocate assets and interact with external service providers. Investors also prioritized the level of relative risk to a greater extent than before.
The survey shows a net shift in asset allocation intention away from private equity and hedge funds. Those respondents intending to decrease their allocation to private equity (18%) outnumbered those increasing their allocation to the asset class (13%) – a net difference of five percentage points.
In the case of hedge funds, those decreasing allocations outnumbered those increasing by a net four percentage points. The largest net difference in intentions was for commodities, with 54% intending to increase their allocation and just 1% intending to decrease it.
European institutional investors are changing the way they allocate assets and interact with external service providers. Investors also prioritized the level of relative risk to a greater extent than before.
The survey shows a net shift in asset allocation intention away from private equity and hedge funds. Those respondents intending to decrease their allocation to private equity (18%) outnumbered those increasing their allocation to the asset class (13%) – a net difference of five percentage points.
In the case of hedge funds, those decreasing allocations outnumbered those increasing by a net four percentage points. The largest net difference in intentions was for commodities, with 54% intending to increase their allocation and just 1% intending to decrease it.
European institutional investors are changing the way they allocate assets and interact with external service providers. Investors also prioritized the level of relative risk to a greater extent than before.
The survey shows a net shift in asset allocation intention away from private equity and hedge funds. Those respondents intending to decrease their allocation to private equity (18%) outnumbered those increasing their allocation to the asset class (13%) – a net difference of five percentage points.
In the case of hedge funds, those decreasing allocations outnumbered those increasing by a net four percentage points. The largest net difference in intentions was for commodities, with 54% intending to increase their allocation and just 1% intending to decrease it.
