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Advisor Trends in Private Markets 2022
Blackstone and SHOOK Research partnered to evaluate how top-ranked financial advisors are using alternative investments today.
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When it comes to navigating today’s challenging markets, more financial advisors are looking beyond traditional investments for sources of opportunity.
Key Takeaways from the Survey:
- More than 80% of SHOOK-ranked advisors in the survey plan to increase client allocations to alternatives over the next two years.
- Real estate, private equity, and private credit are the three most commonly cited types of alternative investments used by these advisors.
- More than half believe that alternatives help differentiate their practices.
- More than half, or 51%, cited reputation as the most important criteria when selecting a manager.