Expectations for the equity and bond markets in 2020 continue to be cautiously optimistic after a 2019 market that left bearish investors wishing they had kicked that sentiment down the road a year or two.
While many do not expect the market to perform in 2020 quite like it did in 2019, nonprofit investors are still not expecting their real spending targets to come under heavy pressure in the near-term as they gauge the economic cycle and its ability to sustain its growth trajectory.
Institutional investors are increasingly worried about how their portfolio performance will be impacted by market conditions in 2020, according to a new survey from Natixis Investment Managers.
Pressure to lower fees on traditional active management along with smaller average mandate sizes and a move toward private markets have brought on a decline in active investment manager fees when compared to published fees.
Sustainability, diversity and inclusion and innovation are the three largest drivers for investment success moving forward, according to investment consultant NEPC.
A college in the Northeast will begin the immediate phaseout of all current investments with fossil fuel-specific managers in its endowment and will exclude all future investments with fossil fuel-specific managers.
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) “is keenly focused on the importance of diversity in asset management positions, as well as diversity in the business officer profession as a whole,” according to a letter from President and CEO Susan Whealler Johnston in response to a letter from six members of Congress that requested the association take a closer look at diversity in endowment management.