Tue, Mar 19, 2024
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Sovereign investor confidence remains high despite market turbulence

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Global sovereign investor confidence is stable and they continue to pursue long-term investment goals through strategic asset allocation, according to the recently released Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study. The study looks at 77 individual sovereign investors and reserve managers across the globe and representing 66% of sovereign assets and 25% of foreign reserves - totalling $8.96 trillion of assets.

"Many sovereign investors are now comfortable operating in an environment with limited new funding," said Alex Millar, head of EMEA sovereigns, Middle East and Africa institutional sales at Invesco. "Some have ceded assets to governments without cancelling long-term investments, while others have not been called upon at all for withdrawals over the last 12 months. Many of these institutions appear confident in their funding outlook and are increasing the importance of their investment objectives relative to their short-term liquidity needs."

In this environment, allocations to alternative asset classes continue to remain steady and real estate is taking on new importance. Sovereign investors have focused on increasing investments in infrastructure and private equity over the last two years; however, attitudes have changed in 2016, and for the first time fewer sovereign investors expect to increase allocations to these asset classes. Allocations to real estate have risen from 3.0% in 2012 to 6.5% currently (......................

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