Global institutional investors brace for volatlity, asset bubbles in 2018: Natixis

SINGAPORE (Dec 7): As allocations to passive strategies register a decline for the third consecutive year, institutional investors are preparing for volatility, asset bubbles and fragile markets ahead in 2018.

This is according to a new global survey from Natixis Investment Managers, formerly known as Natixis Global Asset Management. Decision makers at 500 institutional investment firms who, in sum, manage more than US$19 trillion in assets, were surveyed globally over Sept and Oct 2017 by research firm CoreData on behalf of Natixis.

The survey found that 65% of institutional investors worldwide expect asset bubbles to negatively impact performance in 2018, and that an even larger proportion (75%) believes the current market environment to favour active management.

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