19 Jan 2012
Investors are currently most positive on global macro and global emerging markets alternative UCITS strategies, according to ML Capital Asset Management’s 5 th edition of the quarterly ML Alternative UCITS Barometer (ML barometer).
The Barometer is designed to help identify and anticipate key trends in the demand for the major strategies within the alternative UCITS sector. ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of 50 active investors in alternative investments, who collectively manage over €80 billion and today invest upwards of €30 billion of those assets into alternative UCITS.
The questions were aimed at discovering the investors’ forthcoming strategy allocations and the respondents were questioned each quarter, in order to track asset flows between UCITS strategies.
Allocations to CTAs and global macro strategies are highest, according to this quarter’s barometer, with 54% of respondents reporting that they were looking to increase their exposure to Global Macro-Discretionary funds.
There also appears to be considerable demand this quarter for equity managers, with a preference for Global and US managers. All equity strategies have seen a rise in demand excluding Japanese and Latin American strategies.
Global Emerging long/short equities are the preferred equity strategy this quarter with 52% of respondents looking to increase exposure. This is in sharp contrast with Latin American strategies, where it was noted that only 15% of investors were willing to increase their allocations.
Investors showed little interest this month in European long/short and UK long/short strategies. However, ML Capital noted a stabilisation in the reduction of exposure to UK long/short and some respondents increasing their allocation for the first time in 3 quarters.
The Barometer is designed to help identify and anticipate key trends in the demand for the major strategies within the alternative UCITS sector. ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of 50 active investors in alternative investments, who collectively manage over €80 billion and today invest upwards of €30 billion of those assets into alternative UCITS.
The questions were aimed at discovering the investors’ forthcoming strategy allocations and the respondents were questioned each quarter, in order to track asset flows between UCITS strategies.
Allocations to CTAs and global macro strategies are highest, according to this quarter’s barometer, with 54% of respondents reporting that they were looking to increase their exposure to Global Macro-Discretionary funds.
There also appears to be considerable demand this quarter for equity managers, with a preference for Global and US managers. All equity strategies have seen a rise in demand excluding Japanese and Latin American strategies.
Global Emerging long/short equities are the preferred equity strategy this quarter with 52% of respondents looking to increase exposure. This is in sharp contrast with Latin American strategies, where it was noted that only 15% of investors were willing to increase their allocations.
Investors showed little interest this month in European long/short and UK long/short strategies. However, ML Capital noted a stabilisation in the reduction of exposure to UK long/short and some respondents increasing their allocation for the first time in 3 quarters.
The Barometer is designed to help identify and anticipate key trends in the demand for the major strategies within the alternative UCITS sector. ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of 50 active investors in alternative investments, who collectively manage over €80 billion and today invest upwards of €30 billion of those assets into alternative UCITS.
The questions were aimed at discovering the investors’ forthcoming strategy allocations and the respondents were questioned each quarter, in order to track asset flows between UCITS strategies.
Allocations to CTAs and global macro strategies are highest, according to this quarter’s barometer, with 54% of respondents reporting that they were looking to increase their exposure to Global Macro-Discretionary funds.
There also appears to be considerable demand this quarter for equity managers, with a preference for Global and US managers. All equity strategies have seen a rise in demand excluding Japanese and Latin American strategies.
Global Emerging long/short equities are the preferred equity strategy this quarter with 52% of respondents looking to increase exposure. This is in sharp contrast with Latin American strategies, where it was noted that only 15% of investors were willing to increase their allocations.
Investors showed little interest this month in European long/short and UK long/short strategies. However, ML Capital noted a stabilisation in the reduction of exposure to UK long/short and some respondents increasing their allocation for the first time in 3 quarters.
John Lowry, co-founder and chairman of ML Capital, said: “Investors are starting 2012 with a positive view and recognise the benefits of using alternative strategies in a volatile environment. Once you drill down, you are seeing a markedly changing alternative UCITS landscape evolving, as evidenced from the latest Barometer results with demand shifting to some of the classic hedge fund strategies, global macro and managed futures balanced with a renewed interest in Global Emerging Markets strategies.”edition of the quarterly ML Alternative UCITS Barometer (ML barometer).
The Barometer is designed to help identify and anticipate key trends in the demand for the major strategies within the alternative UCITS sector. ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of 50 active investors in alternative investments, who collectively manage over €80 billion and today invest upwards of €30 billion of those assets into alternative UCITS.
The questions were aimed at discovering the investors’ forthcoming strategy allocations and the respondents were questioned each quarter, in order to track asset flows between UCITS strategies.
Allocations to CTAs and global macro strategies are highest, according to this quarter’s barometer, with 54% of respondents reporting that they were looking to increase their exposure to Global Macro-Discretionary funds.
There also appears to be considerable demand this quarter for equity managers, with a preference for Global and US managers. All equity strategies have seen a rise in demand excluding Japanese and Latin American strategies.
Global Emerging long/short equities are the preferred equity strategy this quarter with 52% of respondents looking to increase exposure. This is in sharp contrast with Latin American strategies, where it was noted that only 15% of investors were willing to increase their allocations.
Investors showed little interest this month in European long/short and UK long/short strategies. However, ML Capital noted a stabilisation in the reduction of exposure to UK long/short and some respondents increasing their allocation for the first time in 3 quarters.
John Lowry, co-founder and chairman of ML Capital, said: “Investors are starting 2012 with a positive view and recognise the benefits of using alternative strategies in a volatile environment. Once you drill down, you are seeing a markedly changing alternative UCITS landscape evolving, as evidenced from the latest Barometer results with demand shifting to some of the classic hedge fund strategies, global macro and managed futures balanced with a renewed interest in Global Emerging Markets strategies.”
