“• In 2013, equities was the largest asset class for Russian HNWIs, with 29.7% of the total HNWI assets, followed by real estate with 20.0%, business interests with 19.2%, fixed-income with 17.5%, alternatives with 7.7% and cash and deposits with 5.9%.
• Equities, alternatives and real estate recorded growth during the review period at respective rates of 102.1%, 96.5% and 86.8%.
• Alternative assets held by Russian HNWIs increased during the review period, from 7.4% of the total HNWI assets in 2009 to 7.7% in 2013; HNWI allocations to commodities increased from 1.8% of total assets in 2009 to 2.3% in 2013.
• Over the forecast period, WealthInsight expects allocations in commodities to decline back to 1.8% of total HNWI assets by 2018, as global liquidity tightens due to a forecast near-term drop in demand from China for raw materials. This is expected to cause global commodity prices to flatten out.
• As of 2013, Russian HNWI liquid assets valued US$594.6 billion, representing 52.1% of total wealth holdings.”
