| 1.) Is the current government competent to manage the economy? |
|
| Yes |
58% |
| No |
42% |
| |
|
| 2.) Re Global Emerging Market Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
32% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
58% |
| Decrease your weighting |
5% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
5% |
| |
|
| 3.) Re Developed European Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
64% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
32% |
| Decrease your weighting |
5% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
0% |
| |
|
| 4.) Re UK Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
21% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
29% |
| Decrease your weighting |
21% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
29% |
| |
|
| 5.) Re US Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
42% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
29% |
| Decrease your weighting |
29% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
0% |
| |
|
| 6.) Re Asian Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
48% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
32% |
| Decrease your weighting |
12% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
8% |
| |
|
| 7.) Re Japanese Equities over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
8% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
46% |
| Decrease your weighting |
29% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
17% |
| |
|
| 8.) Re Developed Market Government Bonds over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
8% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
21% |
| Decrease your weighting |
67% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
4% |
| |
|
| 9.) Re Developed Market Corporate Bonds over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
9% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
50% |
| Decrease your weighting |
41% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
0% |
| |
|
| 10.) Re Developed Market High-yield Bonds over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
39% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
17% |
| Decrease your weighting |
39% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
4% |
| |
|
| 11.) Re Emerging Market Government Bonds over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
38% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
29% |
| Decrease your weighting |
24% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
10% |
| |
|
| 12.) Re Emerging Market Corporate Bonds over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
55% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
30% |
| Decrease your weighting |
10% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
5% |
| |
|
| 13.) What is your broad macroeconomic outlook? |
|
| Positive |
38% |
| Uncertain |
42% |
| Negative |
21% |
| |
|
| 14.) What is more important to you? |
|
| Income generation |
60% |
| Capital gains |
40% |
| |
|
| 15.) Re European small and mid caps 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% |
| |
|
| 16.) What will be the fate of the euro? |
|
| It will not exist in 2 years |
8% |
| It will not exist in 10 years |
13% |
| It will continue |
79% |
| |
|
| 17.) What should happen to the euro? |
|
| It should stay as it is |
48% |
| The fiscally strong states should form a separate union |
33% |
| We should go back to one country one currency |
19% |
| |
|
| 18.) What is your opinion on the way the Cyprus crisis was dealt with? |
|
| Well |
41% |
| Not sure |
27% |
| Badly |
32% |
| |
|
| 19.) Which is the greater threat? |
|
| Inflation |
26% |
| Deflation |
74% |
| |
|
| 20.) Re Gold over the next 12 months do you expect to: |
|
| Increase your weighting |
8% |
| Keep it the same / uncertain |
13% |
| Decrease your weighting |
29% |
| We don’t use this asset class |
50% |
| |
|
| 21.) Where do you think the Gold price will go? |
|
| Up |
21% |
| Not sure |
33% |
| Down |
46% |
| |
|
| 22.) What is your opinion on European bonus cap policy? |
|
| Good idea |
58% |
| Not sure |
21% |
| Bad idea |
21% |
| |
