Investment managers must effectively differentiate their brand now more than ever, as institutional investors plan on adding fewer new managers over the next year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent webinar.
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.
A new report showed a lack of consistency makes it difficult to determine which data defines success, despite a slew of information available to investors to measure performance.
Small and mid-sized systems are expected to move further into launching impact investing funds, as the experience of larger systems continues to build a framework for best practices.
Professional investors are expected to increase their exposure to alternative investments, including cryptocurrencies over the next two years, according to a new study.