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Marsh barometer: 38% of asset owners plan cash increases, up from 9% in 2025

By IAN Editorial Desk
21 September 2026·Updated 22 September 2026·1 min read
Primary source: mercer.com

Some 51% of surveyed asset owners intend to increase infrastructure allocations over the next 12 months.

Marsh's 2026 Global Asset Owner Barometer found that 38% of respondents plan to increase cash allocations over the next year, against 9% in 2025. The survey of 430 asset owners combined an institutional group, including insurers and pension funds, with wealth managers, private banks and family offices.

Just over half of respondents, 51%, intend to raise infrastructure allocations in the…

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