The median return of the BNY Mellon US Master Trust Universe was -0.83% for the third quarter of 2014, ending four straight quarters of positive results.
The last time the universe reported negative performance was the second quarter of 2013. For the twelve months ending September 30, 2014, the median plan returned +10.16%.
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With a market value of more than $2.5 trillion and an average plan size of $3.6 billion, the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe is a fund-level tracking service that can be used to make peer comparisons of both performance and asset allocation results. The Universe consists of 685 corporate, foundation, endowment, public, Taft-Hartley, and health care plans.
"Equities were negative contributors to asset owners in the third quarter, with non-U.S. equities down -4.80% and U.S. equities off -0.58%," said John Houser, senior consultant for BNY Mellon’s Global Risk Solutions group.
"Asset owners did find gains, however, within real estate, which returned +2.46%. Over the full year, U.S. equities continue to outperform all asset classes with a return of +15.99%, followed by real estate at +12.30%."
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By GlobalData- 21% of plans in the BNY Mellon Master Trust universe returned positive results during the quarter
- 23% of plans matched or outperformed the custom policy return for Q3
- Endowment plans recorded the highest median return (-0.46%), followed by Corporate plans (-0.73%). The difference between the highest and lowest performing plan type (Foundations) was 0.72 percentage points.
- U.S. equities posted a quarterly median return of -0.58%, versus the Russell 3000 Index return of +0.01%. Non-U.S. equities saw a median return of -4.80%, slightly ahead the Russell Developed ex U.S. Large Cap Index result of -5.79%. U.S. fixed income had a median return of +0.08%, versus the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index return of +0.17%. Non-U.S. fixed income had a median return of -3.51%, versus the Citigroup Non-U.S. World Government Bond Index return of -5.38%. Real estate had a median return of +2.46%, versus the NCREIF Property Index result of +2.63%.
The average asset allocation in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe for the third quarter was: U.S. equity 26%, U.S. fixed income 26%, non-U.S. equity 17%, non-U.S. fixed income 1%, real estate 4%, cash 2%, and alternatives/other 24%.
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