A Liability Investors’ Guide to Reassessing Hedge Funds
Melanie Mandonas, CFA
Pensions
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Drawing on 50 years’ experience in building and managing sophisticated pension portfolios, we apply ourselves to understanding each plan sponsor’s or pension scheme’s goals and helping them realize meaningful results.
Why Cambridge Associates?
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Each plan sponsor’s portfolio is custom built and managed to align with their plan’s unique circumstances and goals.
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Each client’s dedicated investment team offers deep resources and extensive knowledge. Replicating an in-house investment office, this team is led by a senior investor and backed by experienced investment professionals, including specialists in specific asset classes and other practitioners, such as actuaries, as needed.
Through partnering with plan sponsors directly and dynamically, we strive to ensure an exceptional client experience – and optimal outcomes for each plan.
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Who We Serve
There's no pension challenge we haven't met
Our pension-specific knowledge and breadth of investment capabilities enable us to build and manage portfolios for a wide range of plan types and situations. Whether you’re growth-oriented, nearing fully funded status, seeking support across the total portfolio, or requiring focused resources for a particular asset class, we can help.
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- Corporations
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- Balance Sheet Capital
- Other Complex Asset & Liability Pools
Insights From Our Pension Practice
A Liability Investors’ Guide to Reassessing Hedge Funds
Hedge funds offer a strategic opportunity for investors willing to navigate their complexities, with significant diversification and growth prospects that stand out from traditional asset classes.
Hear from our pension investment specialists on the primary risks associated with hedge funds, and four actionable guidelines for effectively incorporating these strategies into portfolios.
Insights
Defined Contribution
For decades, many institutional investors have generated strong, long-term returns through private investments. Yet DC plan participants have historically been limited to investment lineups featuring predominantly public market asset classes.
We discuss how to best offer the advantages of private investments to DC plan participants while managing the complexities of these strategies:
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Meet our pension leadership team
Our team of pension investment professionals is led by an experienced group of global leaders.
Alex Koriath, CFA
Head of Pension Practice, Europe
Brian McDonnell
Global Head of Pension Practice
Sona Menon
Head of Pension Practice, North America
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Dan Desmarais
Managing Director, Pension Practice