Globally, institutional investors expect stocks to be top-performing assets in the year to come.
That's according to a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management. The study also found, however, that despite their expectations, these institutional investors intend to play it safe with the assets of the pensions, endowments and sovereign wealth funds they manage by sticking predominantly to income-producing investments and eschewing riskier possibilities.
While stocks might have been the top pick, it doesn't mean the majority of institutional investors came down on their side—less than half (48 percent) chose them over other alternatives. Still, stocks were far and away the most popular option, with alternative assets coming in a distant second at 28 percent; bonds at 13 percent; and real estate (7 percent), energy (3 percent) and cash (2 percent) trailing the field.
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