State Street Institutional
Investor Indicators
Investment insights based on facts, not surveys

The State Street Institutional Investor Indicators provide investors, policymakers, and the public with insights into the aggregated and anonymized positioning, risk appetite, and portfolio carbon exposures of thousands of institutional investors around the world, representing trillions of dollars in assets.

State Street Institutional Investor
Holdings Indicator

The Holdings Indicator tracks the aggregated portfolio holdings of institutional investors across stocks, bonds, and cash in percentage terms.

Key Facts
  • The Institutional Investor Holdings Indicator measures the broad asset allocations of institutional investors to cash, stocks, and bonds
  • During times of market stress, cash allocations tend to rise while stock allocations tend to fall
  • When short-term interest rates are relatively high, cash holdings tend to rise relative to bonds
  • Released monthly
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Holdings

The State Street Holdings indicators show that long-term investor allocations to equities have continued their reverse from the post-global financial crisis highs earlier in the year. During March, outflows from equities of 0.75% were offset by inflows into bonds and cash of 0.4% and 0.35%, respectively. 

RiskAppetite

The State Street Risk Appetite Index fell to -0.09 in March, as investors continue their retracement from risk assets towards a more cautious and defensive multi-asset stance.

Holdings
  • Fixed Income ex Bills
  • Equities
  • Cash