“Growth has begun to slow, though, as investors have ramped up their allocations, and excitement may be cooling with the lackluster performance of alternatives relative to the overall market over the last few years,” Burns added.
About 65% of advisors and $67% of institutions surveyed believe alternatives are as important or more important than traditional investments, such as stocks and bonds. However, 26% of institutions, down from 37% in the last survey, state they plan to allocate more than a quarter to alternatives.
Advisors pointed to managed futures as their top pick, whereas institutions put managed futures as third most pouplar strategy, with long/short and private equity/venture capital as the top two.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.