Sovereign wealth funds have increased allocations to alternative investments in the past year and expect to continue doing so in 2014, according to a study. The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study suggests this continued appetite for alternatives is a structural trend driven by the influence of allocating assets strategically, rather than a short-term shift due to tactical allocations to boost short-term returns.
First, many sovereign investors remain underweight in alternatives relative to their strategic asset allocation targets. These sovereign investors had increased their target allocations for alternatives in the last five years and had yet to reach these targets...............................................Full Article: Source
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