Fund buyers have said they are increasingly turning towards more specialist funds as they seek alternative sources of yield and/or uncorrelated returns in anticipation of more rocky markets in 2018.
Recently, Investment Week revealed multi-managers increased allocations to alternative UCITS funds by 0.55% to over 10% during the fourth quarter of 2017 as a result of anticipated market volatility, according to research by fund distributor Harrington Cooper. Candriam's Van der Biest: Demographics are a long-term driver behind robotics revolution In addition, in February it was reported sovereign wealth funds raised their exposure to alternative investments - including private equity, real estate, gold and infrastructure - from 19% of total AUM in 2010 to 23% by 2016, according to re...
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