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How investor portfolios are evolving to prepare for volatility's return

Michelle Zhu Published on Wed, Apr 25, 2018 / 3:50 PM GMT+8

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SINGAPORE (Apr 25): Despite long-running investor expectations of a spike in volatility, professional fund buyers are remaining split over the consequent impact on their portfolios.

This is according to Natixis Investment Managers’ survey of 200 professional fund buyers responsible for funds across private banking, insurance, fund of funds and other retail platforms.

Based the survey’s findings, which were published on Wednesday, a majority of fund buyers surveyed expressed surprise that volatility had remained so low for so long (78%), and nearly half (49%) cited asset price volatility spikes as one of their top concerns for 2018.