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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia: J.P. Morgan says 75% of institutional investors boosting real asset allocation
A survey by J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPAM) involving 155 institutional investors with more than $4tln in total plan/investable assets has found that a vast majority of 75% are planning to increase their allocation to real assets in the next five years.
The survey, conducted at JPAM’s annual 2016 Global Real Assets Conference in New York, also showed that at least 41% of attending investors view infrastructure as the most interesting real asset investment opportunity to add to a domestic core real estate allocation. Some 51% of investors currently allocate 7% to 15% of their total portfolio to real assets with 18% of attending investors allocating more than 15%.
"In the face of volatile equity markets and inadequate bond yields, we're seeing investor interest in real assets spike," said Bernie McNamara, head of Global Real Assets Client Strategy and Omni Solutions, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. "As they have long done with fixed income and equities, investors are now building larger and more diversified real assets allocations by adding global and sector exposure, including infrastructure, maritime and international real estate to the real asset mainstay, domestic core...................... To view our full article Click here
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