We were founded on the principle of helping investors achieve their performance goals by serving as a hands-on investment partner. We work closely with clients to understand their risk tolerances and deliver robust investment strategies designed to meet their complex needs.
With more than 40 years of experience serving as a trusted investment advisor to institutional investors, families, and family offices, our non-discretionary management service provides clients with an experienced investment team to consider portfolio and investment issues while ensuring that the client maintains final decision making on portfolio investments.
This service model is available for total or partial portfolios and typically works well for clients who have the resources and expertise to contribute to portfolio performance alongside their investment team or for clients who simply prefer to retain decision-making authority over their portfolio’s investments.
Investors are facing a challenging period for earning what they spend and achieving adequate portfolio diversification. With most DM sovereign bond yields near or below zero, expected returns for bonds are at all-time lows and diversification qualities are constrained. In this edition of VantagePoint, we evaluate defense and diversification options to identify a modern approach to diversification in this low-yield era.
As 2020 comes to a close, we expect some key investment drivers to persist into next year. While our views speak to many different challenges confronting investors, including the poor bond yields on offer, the fate of US-China relations, and where to find growth, they are rooted in the belief that 2021 will be a year of healing for the global economy.
Investors have predominantly relied on developed markets sovereign bonds for defense in balanced portfolios, but low rates have diminished their diversification characteristics.
Yes, because rising concentration reflects rising valuations for the largest stocks, which are likely to serve as a headwind to index returns. Further, the growing market share of these companies increases the potential for rising regulatory oversight.
Private investors and wealthy families face distinct portfolio management complexities. Our latest paper details how we build and manage portfolios to meet each private client’s long-term goals.
Healthcare systems appear to have navigated the most severe financial impact of the pandemic. We believe the present time provides an opportunity to reset investment strategy and recalibrate portfolios as necessary.
Register today for our Private Investments Summit on March 11th from 10:30am – 3:00pm ET. Join us as we uncover how investors can maintain long-term focus on private investments, while enduring volatility from all sides. If you’re interested, please email events@cambridgeassociates.com
Mary Pang, Head of the Global Private Client Practice, discusses the unique considerations families face when investing for the long term, how wealth owners think about creating legacies with their assets, and the role private clients are playing in navigating and effecting change by investing for social impact.
