The majority (92 percent) of clients with over £200,000 (€233,500/$251,500) of investible assets now have an allocation to infrastructure, according to new research with 200 U.K. wealth managers, financial advisers, discretionary fund managers, fund selectors and investment analysts from TIME Investments, which specializes in asset-backed income-producing funds.
The research reveals that for the average client, 71 percent said that their current target allocation range to the asset class is between 4 percent and 6 percent of their investment portfolio. Three quarters said that they expect allocation to infrastructure assets to increase over the next 12 months, and 25 percent expect it to stay the same.
When asked what is driving allocation to real assets such as infrastructure, the key factors cited by respondents are the desire to de-risk portfolios through diversification (68 percent), increased focus on ESG (61 percent), desire for secure income streams (45 perce