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.
Pension plans are beginning to dump Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) after losing patience with an asset class that largely has not lived up to expectations.
Declining investment management fees across certain asset classes provides one way for investors to obtain better value for their money, according to a study from bfinance.