| 1.) What is your broad macroeconomic outlook? | |
| Positive | 50% |
| Uncertain | 35% |
| Negative | 15% |
| 2.) Is the current government competent to manage the economy? | |
| Yes | 14% |
| No | 86% |
| 3.) Re Global Emerging Market Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 30% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 50% |
| Decrease your weighting | 5% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 15% |
| 4.) Re Developed European Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 50% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 35% |
| Decrease your weighting | 15% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 0% |
| 5.) Re UK Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 20% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 35% |
| Decrease your weighting | 15% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 30% |
| 6.) Re US Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 45% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 40% |
| Decrease your weighting | 15% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 0% |
| 7.) Re Asian Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 45% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 36% |
| Decrease your weighting | 9% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 9% |
| 8.) Re Japanese Equities, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 27% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 41% |
| Decrease your weighting | 5% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 27% |
| 9.) Re Developed Market Government Bonds, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 5% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 23% |
| Decrease your weighting | 64% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 9% |
| 10.) Re Developed Market Corporate Bonds, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 10% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 52% |
| Decrease your weighting | 33% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 5% |
| 11.) Re Developed Market High Yield Bonds, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 32% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 45% |
| Decrease your weighting | 18% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 5% |
| 12.) Re Emerging Market Government Bonds, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 14% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 52% |
| Decrease your weighting | 24% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 10% |
| 13.) Re Emerging Market Corporate Bonds, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 61% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 17% |
| Decrease your weighting | 9% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 13% |
| 14.) Re Absolute Return Strategies, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 58% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 32% |
| Decrease your weighting | 5% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 5% |
| 15.) Re Long/short European/UK Equity, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 25% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 45% |
| Decrease your weighting | 5% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 25% |
| 16.) Re Low-volatility Long-only equity strategies, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 32% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 45% |
| Decrease your weighting | 9% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 14% |
| 17.) Re Hard Currency Debt over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 10% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 48% |
| Decrease your weighting | 38% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 5% |
| 18.) Re Local Currency Debt over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 39% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 43% |
| Decrease your weighting | 13% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 4% |
| 19.) Which is the greater threat? | |
| Inflation | 32% |
| Deflation | 68% |
| 20.) What will be the fate of the euro? | |
| It will not exist in 2 years | 10% |
| It will not exist in 10 years | 30% |
| It will continue | 60% |
| 21.) What should happen to the euro? | |
| It should stay as it is | 47% |
| The fiscally strong states should form a separate union | 42% |
| We should go back to one country, one currency | 11% |
| 22.) Will austerity | |
| Cure our economy | 43% |
| Kill our economy | 57% |
| 23.) Re Gold, over the next 12 months do you expect to: | |
| Increase your weighting | 19% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain | 29% |
| Decrease your weighting | 14% |
| We don’t use this asset class | 38% |
| 24.) Price of gold | |
| Bull | 23% |
| Undecided/Neither | 59% |
| Bear | 18% |
