Cambridge Associates' independent global research capabilities provide unmatched intelligence for developing successful investment strategies
Research is the hallmark and foundation of Cambridge Associates. Since our inception, we have believed that investment decisions should be grounded in a thorough and objective understanding of global capital markets and investment management strategies. We also believe that a global approach to investing requires depth and breadth of research resources and a global footprint. With offices on four continents and a dedicated group of over 200 research professionals we are able to provide on-the-ground coverage of markets and managers across all asset classes.
We were founded in 1973 to serve as an external research arm to the world’s leading educational endowments. These clients continue to retain Cambridge Associates for our high-quality proprietary research. Reciprocally, our sophisticated client base provides us with extensive insights into institutional investing “best practices” that we aim to share for the benefit of all clients.
We have amassed a wealth of proprietary client data that we can leverage for comparative purposes. This information is centralized in proprietary databases that track investment pool data including: asset allocation, returns, management structures, management and custodial fees, and spending rates. The size of our client base is a true advantage when it comes to the depth of comparative data we collect and the broad range of issues we have seen that affect the prudent oversight of long-term pools of capital.
One of the most significant benefits in working with Cambridge Associates is the breadth of proprietary research and manager databases made available to our clients. Each year, we publish more than 100 research reports to educate clients and keep them current on leading ideas and asset classes. Our non-marketable alternative assets benchmarks, Cambridge Associates, LLC U.S. Venture Capital Index® and Cambridge Associates, LLC U.S. Private Equity Index®, are published in Barron’s and are widely considered to be the industry-standard benchmark statistics for these asset classes.
Recently, we developed a service to allow clients to directly access our broad and deep manager research and opinions to supplement their investment office resources. For more information on our Research NavigatorSM service, click here.