Endowments Slow to Adopt Digital Assets
U.S Endowments are not jumping on the crypto bandwagon as quickly as other institutions. Of the Endowment/Foundation respondents to Fidelity’s 2021 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study, just 13% of U.S. endowments and foundations reported they do not currently buy or invest in digital assets. Of the pension and endowment respondents, just 3% reported exposure. This lags HNW investors (15%), financial advisors (43%), and family offices (47%) in terms of exposure to digital investments. Sixty one percent of Endowment/Foundation respondents surveyed stated they had a negative perception of digital assets. Similar views were held by pension funds. Fifty three percent of endowments surveyed indicated that digital assets should not have any role in a portfolio. Volatility was noted as the greatest barrier to adoption by the institutions. A copy of the survey can be downloaded at FidelityDigitalAssets.com.
