| Analysts at Barclays think the tide may at last be starting to turn for commodity investment flows. The three key positives so far this year are: very strong benchmark returns in the year-to-date; the return to negative correlations with other assets, and the consequent re-establishment of commodities as a viable alternative asset; plus the end to a long period of gold liquidation.
In February, total commodity assets under management grew $13bn, the first expansion since August 2013. This was mainly driven by price appreciation, but the $2bn net inflow of new investments, though modest, was notable because it included the first positive monthly net flow into physical gold assets for more than a year, as well as small allocations to commodity beta, the first in many months...............................................Full Article: Source
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