Institutional investors favouring global portfolios, says MSCI

Looking to global markets

Asset owners are moving beyond domestic markets and looking at equity markets globally, according to a report from index and investment solutions provider MSCI.

“Institutional investors, pension plans, and other organisations are increasingly moving away from segregated and domestic investing,” says Dimitris Melas, executive director and head of equity research for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at MSCI. “Investors are adopting global investment portfolios, and this is related to the develop