State Street Institutional
Investor Indicators
Investment insights based on facts, not surveys
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 Risk Appetite Indicator
State Street Institutional Investor
Risk Appetite Indicator
The Risk Appetite Indicator quantifies the degree to which the trading patterns of institutional investors are risk seeking or averse, on a scale of -100% (most risk averse) to 100% (most risk seeking).
Key Facts
- The Institutional Investor Risk Appetite Indicator measures the buying and selling of risky assets across 22 dimensions of risk
- These range across asset classes: equities, fixed-income, cash, and foreign exchange
- Key dimensions include stock versus cash allocations, cyclical versus defensive equities, high-yield versus investment-grade corporate bonds, and US Dollar currency flows
- Released monthly
Risk Appetite