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Stock picking is the dominant source of alpha in almost 90% of institutional portfolios, new analysis from Inalytics, a specialist in identifying investment skill, has found.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are becoming top of mind for investment advisors and their clients as the world grapples with climate change, equality, justice, geopolitical instability, high inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Higher discount rates have helped, but investment managers suggest sponsors be mindful of risks ahead.
Tufts University Executive Vice President Mike Howard discussed divestment from Russian securities — which currently amount to $5.7 million out of the approximately $2.5 billion in Tufts’ endowment — at a special session of the University Faculty Senate on March 23.
More alternative investment funds are being marketed to EU investors through Jersey using National Private Placement Regimes than ever before, according to the latest figures.
These behind-the-scenes investors help pensions, endowments, foundations, and other money managers decide which hedge funds to write big checks to.
There are concerns that rising U.S. interest rates with a stronger dollar, and soaring food and energy prices, could trigger trouble.
Proposals call on lenders to align fossil fuel financing policies with net zero emissions target.
China-focused private equity firms are struggling for new cash, hit by increased skepticism among U.S. pension funds and endowments about the growing political and market risks of Asia’s largest economy.
With the stock market closed and sanctions imposed, investors were told to assume that billions of dollars in Russian assets had become essentially worthless.
