The phrase "allocation to alternative" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the distribution of resources or funds to alternative options or investments, but it needs more context to be fully understood.
Example: "The allocation to alternative investments has increased this quarter, reflecting a shift in our strategy."
Alternatives: "distribution to alternatives" or "allocation towards alternatives".
The $112.5 billion Texas Teacher's Retirement System, for example, announced in September that it would increase its allocation to alternatives to 29percentt from 8.5percentt over the next three years.
But in recent years a combination of poor stockmarkets and low bond yields have made alternatives fashionable.Since 1995 global pension funds have increased their portfolio allocation to alternatives from 5% to 19%.
For most clients — whose net worth runs from $2 million to $4 million — they have increased cash positions and their allocations to alternative investment funds, including managed futures, which actively trade commodity, currency and financial futures contracts.
Over the past few years, high net-worth individuals have been adopting some of the investment and allocation practices similar to those pioneered by endowments, especially the inclusion of significant allocations to alternative asset classes.
The most significant trend over the past decade has been growth in allocations to alternative strategies, such as investments in hedge funds and private equity funds, especially among larger size institutions.
"The major universities pioneered thinking about, and making, allocations to alternatives, and the smaller endowments and foundations have followed," Mr. Hammond of TIAA-CREF said.
Allocations to alternatives declined in size as fund sizes declines, reaching 14percentt among institutions with assets under $25 million.
We would also stress having an allocation to international, commodity and currency alternative investments in the current environment.
Government's allocation efforts increasingly directed to alternative care seem not to have turned automatically into better outcomes for children.
To test the power of this alternative, equilibrium economic land allocation to various land-use practices by risk-avoiding tropical farmers in Ecuador was simulated.
