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Institutional investment managers see inflation, volatility on the horizon

A new Northern Trust survey finds institutional investment managers increasingly see inflation as likely in the near future, with oil prices and market volatility also rising over the next six months.

By Jenny Ivy | Updated on April 18, 2011

A new Northern Trust survey finds institutional investment managers increasingly see inflation as likely in the near future, with oil prices and market volatility also rising over the next six months.

Approximately 70 percent of managers believe that the risk of inflation will increase over the next six months, and a majority of managers (62 percent) expect market volatility, as measured by the VIX Index, to increase over the next six months. Responses on both questions were at their highest points since the Northern Trust survey began in the third quarter of 2008.

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