Natixis Global Asset Management's Portfolio Barometer shows how UK investors increased their allocations to 'low-return' alternatives last year in an attempt to minimise risk, while global asset allocators' exposure to underperforming emerging market equities led to significant losses.
An increasing number of investors allocated to alternative assets in 2015 in a bid to 'de-risk' their portfolios rather than specifically enhance returns, according to a report by Natixis Global Asset Management. The analysis of 254 UK client portfolios in the group's latest Portfolio Barometer for Q4 2015 showed those with a conservative tilt (lower risk) were the most diversified, with an average diversification benefit of 26% versus 22% for moderate and aggressively positioned portfolios. This was predominantly due to the fact conservatively allocated portfolios invested a larger...
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