Wed, Jun 19, 2013
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS
New! Family Office and Investor Database with 11,750 contacts
Alternative Market Briefing

Research from Commonfund reveals support for alternatives generally and managed futures particularly
Friday, March 16, 2012

By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:

The $24 bn Commonfund has recently immersed itself in alternatives with the publication of a white paper on managed futures and the findings of its Commonfund Forum Investor Outlook Survey 2012. Founded in 1971, Commonfund is an institutional investment firm serving nonprofit institutions, pension funds and other institutional investors, offering investment solutions drawn from the traditional and alternative investment arenas.

The survey was conducted on terms of confidentiality and was based on responses from 222 investors representing aggregate assets of $239 billion. Surprisingly, investor expectations for 2012 were reasonably bullish with an average forecast for the S&P 500 Index of 8.3% and a median forecast of 9.0%. The firm notes that this was almost unchanged from last year’s average forecast of 8.55% and median forecast of 9.0%. The biggest fear of 'tail risk’ lies in the EU crisis at 32%, while the Washington gridlock over US debt lay at third place with 23% most concerned about debt.

The implications of these sentiments were assessed in terms of likely shifts in portfolio allocations to different investment strategies. The res......................

To view our full article Click here
Article link
Banner
Today's Exclusives Today's Other Voices More Exclusives
Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
More Other Voices
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing
  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. SWF Institute rankings: total sovereign wealth funds' assets amount to $5,473bn[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - According to the SWF Institute's latest Sovereign Wealth Fund Rankings, the total amount of sovereign wealth funds' asset under management is now $5,473bn, to which oil and gas relate

  2. A bad week for Japan[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - The Japanese stock market got inflated by 80% in six months following Shinzo Abe’s appointment as Prime Minister in December 2012. Indeed, Abe almost immediately launched monetary policy, fiscal policy and economic growth strategies (two points of a three-poin

  3. Mariner’s incubation platform takes on new volatility arbitrage fund[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:- Mariner Investment Group, a $10bn alternative asset manager headquartered in New York which launched an

  4. Are we rotating yet? If we do, will it matter?[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Market participants have long been looking for the "great rotation," out of fixed income, which has been in the works for several months according to some forecasters. Yet, inflows to both fixed income and equities have largely remained unchanged in any real way.

  5. A SQUARE 09 Jan 2012: Permanent interest bearing shares, or “PIBS”, are a niche segment of fixed-income investments, providing potential investors with a number of interesting and favorable properties, but also bearing very specific risks investors should be aware of. In this issue of A SQUARE, we explain this kind of se
Click here for More about Opalesque Tracking
- A new, unique Premium Service -
  1. blackstone
  2. Credit Suisse Asset Management
  3. Turiya
  4. Carlson
  5. Peak 6
  1. managed account
  2. asia
  3. pioneer
  4. hedge funds
  5. people