Navigating the Alphabet Soup of MRI
September 2017
Insights
Do Real Estate Lending Funds Deserve a Place in Investor Portfolios?
Commercial real estate lending funds represent an opportunity for investors worried about real estate valuations to move up the capital stack yet still earn an attractive return.
September 2017
Policy Benchmarking: A Guide to Best Practices
Policy benchmarking is a critical component of building and managing a successful investment program. In this paper we set out our comprehensive benchmarking framework and then zero in on the policy benchmark as the primary reference point for evaluating investment decisions.
September 2017
Policy-Benchmarking-A-Guide-to-Best-Practices
September 2017
Newly Issued Guidance for UK Pension Schemes Emphasizes Need to Consider ESG Factors
Sustainable investing and the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors continue to gain prominence. The new 2017 investment guidance for defined benefit (DB) schemes from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in the United Kingdom has material new ESG content. This follows similar guidance for defined contribution (DC) schemes issued last year. Cambridge Associates has prepared this short piece to summarise this guidance and its implications for pension scheme investment strategy, including how we might help.
September 2017
ESG Guidance for UK Pension Schemes
August 2017
Is the Recent Concentration of US Equity Performance in a Small Number of Stocks a Cause for Concern?
Not in our opinion. Recent market leadership by the so-called FAAMG stocks is not extraordinary relative to history, and their valuations and fundamentals, combined with this year’s relatively healthy market breadth, mean that they don’t necessarily present an outsized threat at this time.
August 2017
When Secondaries Should Come First
Investors seeking to gain initial exposure to private investments should actively consider secondaries, rather than funds-of-funds, as the very first step to constructing a long-term private equity portfolio.
August 2017