FACTBOX-UK asset management allocations and clients

July 14 (Reuters) - Britain's Investment Management Association this week
published its annual review of the industry, highlighting trends dominating the
industry. [ID:nLE462305] [ID:nLE462188]

The IMA published data confirming a switch away from equities and a move
towards emerging markets in 2008, among other findings.

Following are tables with details of asset allocations and client types at
UK-based asset managers, sourced from the IMA report.

UK ASSET ALLOCATION 2008 2007

Equities 41.0 percent 51.6 percent
Bonds 38.7 pct 31.8 pct
Cash 11.4 pct 9.2 pct
Other 4.6 pct 3.0 pct
Property 4.4 pct 4.4 pct
UK ALLOCATIONS BY REGION 2008 2007

UK 46.2 percent 51.4 pct
Europe ex-UK 20.6 pct 18.1 pct
North America 15.6 pct 14.8 pct
Emerging market 6.0 pct 4.3 pct
Japan 5.8 pct 4.7 pct
Pacific ex-Japan 5.2 pct 5.8 pct
Other 0.6 pct 0.9 pct

UK CLIENTS 2008 2007

Corporate pension funds 29.7 percent 29.1 percent
Insurance 25.1 pct 24.9 pct
Retail 19.4 pct 22.8 pct
Other institutional 14.9 pct 13.6 pct
Local Authority 6.5 pct 7.1 pct
Sovereign Wealth Fund 1.6 pct n/a *
Private Client 1.6 pct 1.3 pct
Charity 1.3 pct 1.2 pct

*Sovereign wealth funds were included in 'Other Institutional' in 2007.
(Compiled by Joel Dimmock)
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