NEPC Survey Findings

Endowments and Foundations Show Confidence in Economy and Expect High Single-Digit Market Returns

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Endowments and Foundations Show Confidence in Economy and Expect High Single-Digit Market Returns

Author: Alicia Miguel

  1. Strong conviction that equities, both US and emerging markets, will be the top performers in the year ahead
  2. 50% of respondents noted that a slowdown in global growth poses the greatest single risk to investment performance
  3. Private equity continues to be among the top alternative investment picks of endowments and foundations
  4. NEPC’s Q4 2013 survey noted that 41% of respondents planned to allocate more to real assets in 2014