Thu, Mar 28, 2024
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Commonfund: Institutional investors remain bullish but cautious

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

According to Commonfund, said that institutional investors remain positive in their market outlook but are keeping a cautious stance.

This was the finding in the fifth annual Commonfund Investor Outlook Survey, which gauges the sentiments of 208 of the more than 500 endowment, foundations and pension funds attending the 2015 Commonfund Forum in Orlando Florida. Aggregate assets of institutions responding totaled $273bn.

Commonfund is one of North America’s leading investment management firms, managing assets totaling $25 billion for some 1,400 institutional clients, including educational endowments, foundations and philanthropic organizations, hospitals and healthcare organizations, pension plans and plan sponsors, and family offices and trusts.

The survey data shows that institutional investors’ expectations for 2015 remain positive, if somewhat more cautious than in prior years, with elevated expectations for tail risks and slightly lower expectations for the U.S. stocks vs. last year.

"Six years into a U.S. economic expansion and market run, it is not surprising that investor expectations for U.S. markets, while still positive, have tempered," said Catherine Keating, president and CEO of Commonfund. "Globally, this business cycle is maturing and economies and central bank actions are diverging. In this environment, fundamentals -- valuations ......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. KKR raises $6.4bn for the largest pan-Asia infrastructure fund[more]

    Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top

  2. Bucking the trend, top hedge fund makes plans for a second SPAC[more]

    From Institutional Investor: SPACs aren't dead. At least not to the folks at Cormorant Asset Management. The life sciences firm, whose hedge fund topped its peers in 2023, is confident it will match the success of its first blank-check company. Last week, the life sciences and biopharma speciali

  3. Benefit Street Partners closes fifth fund on $4.7 billion[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Benefit Street Partners has closed its fifth flagship direct lending vehicle, BSP Debt Fund V, with $4.7 billion of investable capital across the strategy. Benefit Street invests primarily in privately originated, floating rate, senior secured loans. The fun

  4. 4 hedge fund themes that are working in 2024[more]

    From The Street: A poor earnings report from Tesla (TSLA) has not hurt the indexes on Thursday. The decline in Tesla stock, which is losing its position in the Magnificent Seven pantheon, is more than offset by strong earnings from IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) . In addition, the much higher-t

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: A global macro fund eyes opportunities in bonds[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Munich-based ThirdYear Capital rebounded in 2023, following a tough year for global macro. The firm's flagship ART Global Macro strategy finished the year up 1