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2020

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Schroders’ annual Institutional Investor Study analyses the investment perspectives of 650 institutional investors, collectively responsible for $25.9 trillion in assets and from 26 locations across the world. The research was conducted in April 2020, as the scale and global impact of the Covid-19 crisis had taken hold.

Institutional investors’ attitudes to the investment outlook:

79%

believe a global economic slowdown will have the greatest influence on portfolio performance

71%

are seeking undervalued assets to invest in during the Covid-19 pandemic

67%

anticipate annual returns of 5-9% over the next five years

54%

believe liability-focused strategies are crucial to managing their investment portfolios

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Fears that a global economic slowdown will affect investment performance have almost doubled since last year, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Consequently, previous years’ primary concerns about monetary policy tapering, higher interest rates and regulation have dropped significantly as Covid-19 has consumed the investment outlook.

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Tapering of monetary policy

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The research for this year’s Study was conducted in April 2020 as the scale and global impact of the Covid-19 crisis had taken hold. Here are global investors’ thoughts on the impact of Covid-19 at that time.

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91%

The Covid-19 pandemic will cause a major global recession

81%

The Covid-19 stock plunge presents a good buying opportunity

53%

We will not make any portfolio changes until the outlook is clearer

44%

The liquidity provided by central banks does not help us to manage the downside risks caused by a pandemic

42%

We have diversified into alternatives, real assets and private market assets to reduce the impact of market volatility caused by Covid-19

27%

Fiscal and monetary policy can do little to help mitigate the impact of the outbreak

Institutional investors understand the likely negative impact the Covid-19 crisis has had, and will continue to have, on their portfolios but their return outlook for the next five years remains broadly positive...
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expect annual total returns of 5-9%

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Continuing uncertainty has seen liability and cashflow driven investment strategies grow in importance as institutional investors explore solutions that enable them to meet their liabilities.

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The need for certainty is also seen in risk management strategies where diversification and tactical asset allocation are cited as the top strategies.

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Schroders commissioned CoreData to conduct the fourth annual Institutional Investor Study to analyse the world’s largest investors’ key areas of focus and concern including the macroeconomic and geopolitical climate, return expectations, asset allocation and attitudes to private assets and sustainable investing. The respondent pool represents a broad spectrum of institutions, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations owning approximately $25.9 trillion in assets. The 650 respondents were spilt as follows: 179 in North America, 248 in Europe and South Africa, 173 in Asia-Pacific and 50 in Latin America.

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