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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Alternative investments will be critical to long-term objectives with two-thirds of surveyed global limited partners (LPs) saying they expect to increase their allocation to the strategy for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019, said a new survey.

The respondents of the Intralinks and Global Fund Media survey on how LPs view alternative investment opportunities over the next 12 months said that nearly two thirds of LPs - 65% - confirmed that they expected to increase their allocation to alternatives.

With equity markets beginning to enjoy more volatility, diversification into actively managed alternative funds remains a strong 'pull' factor, it said.

The respondents said they were satisfied (55%) with performance in the last 12 months, with private equity being the favorite asset class (57%).

According to the survey, investors tend to prefer mid-sized managers that run between $100 million and $1 billion in AUM.

It revealed that only 13% of respondents said that they felt performance had exceeded expectations. The majority, 58%, confirmed that performance was broadly in line with their expected return objectives; a sign, perhaps, that investors are adopting a more pragmatic view of alternative fund returns compared to past years.

Investors remain disappointed by the level of transparency being reported. Nearly three quarters of LPs felt it was 'average' or 'could do better'. This reinforces the market view that there is ......................

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