Whitepapers

ESG
Northern Trust Lays Out 5 Essential ESG Steps

Investment committees should enlist a sustainability specialist to provide expertise and open a dialogue between committee members.

07.21.22
Whitepapers
Digital Asset Growth Shapes Private Asset Investments: Study

Private asset managers must position themselves with an eye toward the continued growth and development of digital assets, according to a new study from Northern Trust.

04.13.22
ESG
Inst’l Asset Owners Enlist Third Parties To Implement ESG As Demand Grows: Report

In-house services remain insufficient as managers expect demand for ESG strategies to grow significantly

03.17.22
Whitepapers
Investors Expand Approach To Promote Diversity In Asset Mgmt. Space: Report

Foundations and endowments are broadening their approach to promoting diversity and inclusion beyond hiring diverse-owned asset managers, according to a new report.

11.04.21
Industry News
Women Investors Present Unique Opportunity For Advisors To Win, Retain Assets: Whitepaper

Advisors must identify markets that align with the services, processes and personal passions of women.

09.16.21
Industry News
Inflation Risk Will Impact Institutional Portfolios

One investment manager expects inflation will be higher over the next decade than in the previous one, potentially proving more damaging to investors’ long-term returns, according to a recent report.

08.25.21
Trends
COVID-19 Driving Value Revival - Cyclical Shift Investors Have Been Waiting For Or Short-Term Noise

Allocators and managers that have been patiently waiting for a resurgence to their value equity portfolios are finally seeing the payoff as more cyclical areas of the market have rebounded during the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and continual low interest rates.

07.15.21
Surveys/Studies
Study On Endowment Governance Practices To Come Later This Year

The governance framework of an institution plays a significant role in its overall success and the lack of quantitative research available on stewardship practices has led a firm’s research and professional development entity to create a new study on endowments’ use of governance, which will be released later this year.

05.06.21
Trends
When It Comes To Manager Research Decisions, Improve It Rather Than Prove It: Verus

Investment manager research would improve by focusing on updating judgments with new information, a new paper finds.

04.20.21
Surveys/Studies
Investors Aiming For Social Impact Need Standardized Data: Survey

Institutional investors around the world are increasingly evaluating managers’ ESG integration in terms of demonstrable outcomes and want firms to show results of their ESG-integrated strategies, according to a recent survey.

02.18.21