Faced with profound market change, both current and contemplated, major institutional investors around the world are taking concerted action to better position their portfolios for the future — from increasing investments in infrastructure and private assets, and reformulating capital market assumptions, to better quantifying the risks and opportunities of climate change and making a commitment to impact investments, according to the primary findings of Nuveen’s third annual EQuilibrium Global Institutional Investor Survey, which explores the insights and actions of 800 global institutional investors.
“Across the board, global investors are reassessing their views on risk and return, and preparing for a new market regime,” said Mike Perry, head of Nuveen’s global client group. “Institutional investors typically take a measured, incremental approach to portfolio changes. That makes the degree to which investors today are contemplating or making very signi