When it comes to asset managers’ integration of ESG factors, larger firms tend to have a leg up on their smaller peers when it comes to the amount of resources available, according to inaugural analysis from investment consultant Callan.
A new study finds that endowments and foundations’ investment expectations are muted given an uncertain market environment, while they anticipate alternatives having an increased role in portfolios.
Since beginning its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in earnest nearly a decade ago, one investment advisor has made significant progress in having increased diverse manager hires in client portfolios to 45 firms from 10, while also having improved diversity representation in its workforce.
An institutional investment industry veteran has penned a new children’s book that aims to give children the confidence and access to become financially literate.
Nearly all institutions and wealth managers think fixed-income, where many are underexposed, is more attractive than equities as the threat of recession looms, a new study finds.
Investors worldwide are increasingly expanding into private assets and taking advantage of opportunities provided by the energy transition, however, an annual study finds mixed levels of support for their net-zero targets.
A report finds that 90% of surveyed asset owners expect to already have or be working toward the goal of introducing investment practices into their portfolios by 2028.
Investors can find opportunities for growth with “resilient” portfolio companies in certain sub-sectors of private equity that can prove to be beneficial in an inflationary environment.
Institutions looking into the discretionary investment management should focus on whether outsourced cios are independent, objective and have the necessary market experience.