Many foundations and endowments are adapting their investment portfolios with the expectation that the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be as bad as the one following the Global Financial Crisis, according to a recent survey.
Institutional investors are eyeing distressed debt and opportunistic credit as key sources for investment opportunities as the global market grapples with a health crisis that has impacted every corner of the business world, leaving many companies in need of refinancing existing debt, restructuring or taking on new lines of credit to keep their lights on.
Neuberger Berman is the first major asset management firm to provide advance proxy vote disclosure through its new “NB25+” proxy vote disclosure initiative, according to an announcement.
Colleges and universities face unprecedented situations after the COVID-19 outbreak precipitated a mass exodus of students resulting in significant financial losses and a market downturn that is deeply affecting endowments.
There will be a lot of red numbers in upcoming quarterly investment reports for institutional investors. But for managers boasting (relatively) strong returns, how to spread the word at a time that many investors are dealing with not only declining assets but other immediate stresses in the portfolio and the workplace has become a quandary.
Founders and ceos going back to the basics will be the key to their survival through COVID-19, venture capital investors said during a webinar held this week.
Institutional investors have spent the week outlining the potential ways the markets could move going forward as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to play out across the country and world.