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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

A new study by BNY Mellon has found that institutional investors are planning to boost their allocations to alternative strategies to seek for stronger returns in the low-interest-rate environment.

The report, Split Decisions: Institutional investment in alternative assets, produced by BNY Mellon in tandem with FT Remark, found that among the various alternative asset classes, private equity is most favored by institutional clients, accounting for 37% of their exposure, followed by infrastructure (25%), real estate (24%), and hedge funds (14%).

"Alternatives continue to gain share in portfolios, but institutional investors are becoming more selective about where and how they deploy their capital," said Frank La Salla, CEO of Alternative Investment Services and Structured Products at BNY Mellon. "As a result, they are demanding greater transparency from their alternative fund managers. This survey reinforces the notion that investors and fund managers alike will need growing levels of support, insight and data to make i......................

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