Governments & Insurance
We build customized portfolios focused on maximizing results for each valuable unit of risk and capital.
We bring deep experience to serving the unique investment needs of complex asset and liability-sensitive pools including insurance firms, government entities, and other complex trusts and investment portfolios. In doing so, we focus on maximizing results for each valuable unit of risk and capital. We think holistically, balancing the interaction of risk-hedging reserves and growth-oriented, surplus portfolios to optimal effect, and leveraging our firm’s full resources to the client’s best advantage.
Each client team is led by a senior investor and backed by expert investment professionals. Together, this team partners with each client to help refine strategic priorities and understand their trade-offs. This process helps us to ensure that every investment decision is informed by the portfolio’s unique requirements, and reflects what we believe will most effectively achieve its goals.
To deliver the best ideas, we have built a global firm with experienced investors focused on sourcing and evaluating opportunities worldwide — including a full range of alternative assets, such as private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and real assets. This breadth of experience and resources allows us to construct truly differentiated portfolios designed to help our clients reach their targets while reducing downside risk.
We also leverage our market presence and scale to negotiate favorable terms and fees with managers. To align ourselves with our clients’ interests, we do not offer proprietary, off-the-shelf investment products or accept payments to recommend managers’ products. We don’t have other business agendas that compete with our clients for our best ideas or for our focus on their best interests.
We serve a diverse group of institutional portfolios with complex asset and liability pools
- Insurance firms
- Governments and sovereign wealth funds
- Pension plans
- Settlement, NDT, and other specialized trusts
Latest Research
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
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Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
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We build customised portfolios focused on managing risks and maximising results.
At Cambridge Associates, our investment teams are investors specialised in helping our clients frame objectives, risk constraints, and regulatory frameworks, and develop investment strategies tailored to each of their circumstances.
We are expert at incorporating a diverse range of investment strategies — alternative, traditional, and active as appropriate — into our clients’ portfolios. In the area of private investing, for instance, our clients benefit from Cambridge Associates’ deep experience and relationships across a full range of opportunities, including private equity, private debt, and real assets. This breadth of experience and resources allows us to construct truly differentiated portfolios designed to help our clients reach their targets while reducing downside risk.
Our global footprint helps us to uncover areas of significant investment potential whilst our scale allows us to negotiate competitive terms for the benefit of our clients. We have built a network of established and promising new managers across all asset classes for one simple objective: to get access to the best investment managers for each client’s unique portfolio.
We strive to align ourselves with clients. We don’t generate fees from investment products or have financial relationships with managers for recommending their products.
Latest Research
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Alternative Risk Premia Funds: An Attractive Diversifier? (Sterling Edition)
Elevated equity market valuations and potentially rising bond yields suggest the return environment for traditional risk assets could be difficult. Faced with this challenge, institutional…
Read More »
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Alternative Risk Premia Funds: An Attractive Diversifier? (Sterling Edition)
Elevated equity market valuations and potentially rising bond yields suggest the return environment for traditional risk assets could be difficult. Faced with this challenge, institutional…
Read More »
Contact Us
We build customized portfolios focused on maximizing results for each valuable unit of risk and capital.
We bring deep experience to serving the unique investment needs of complex asset and liability-sensitive pools including insurance firms, government entities, and other complex trusts and investment portfolios. In doing so, we focus on maximizing results for each valuable unit of risk and capital. We think holistically, balancing the interaction of risk-hedging reserves and growth-oriented, surplus portfolios to optimal effect, and leveraging our firm’s full resources to the client’s best advantage.
Each client team is led by a senior investor and backed by expert investment professionals. Together, this team partners with each client to help refine strategic priorities and understand their trade-offs. This process helps us to ensure that every investment decision is informed by the portfolio’s unique requirements, and reflects what we believe will most effectively achieve its goals.
To deliver the best ideas, we have built a global firm with experienced investors focused on sourcing and evaluating opportunities worldwide — including a full range of alternative assets, such as private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and real assets. This breadth of experience and resources allows us to construct truly differentiated portfolios designed to help our clients reach their targets while reducing downside risk.
We also leverage our market presence and scale to negotiate favorable terms and fees with managers. To align ourselves with our clients’ interests, we do not offer proprietary, off-the-shelf investment products or accept payments to recommend managers’ products. We don’t have other business agendas that compete with our clients for our best ideas or for our focus on their best interests.
We serve a diverse group of institutional portfolios with complex asset and liability pools
- Insurance firms
- Governments and sovereign wealth funds
- Pension plans
- Settlement, NDT, and other specialized trusts
Latest Research
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
Contact Us
We build customised portfolios focused on maximising results for each valuable unit of risk and capital.
We bring deep experience to serving the unique investment needs of complex asset and liability-sensitive pools including insurance firms, government entities, and other complex trusts and investment portfolios. In doing so, we focus on maximising results for each valuable unit of risk and capital. We think holistically, balancing the interaction of risk-hedging reserves and growth-oriented, surplus portfolios to optimal effect, and leveraging our firm’s full resources to the client’s best advantage.
Each client team is led by a senior investor and backed by expert investment professionals. Together, this team partners with each client to help refine strategic priorities and understand their trade-offs. This process helps us to ensure that every investment decision is informed by the portfolio’s unique requirements, and reflects what we believe will most effectively achieve its goals.
To deliver the best ideas, we have built a global firm with experienced investors focused on sourcing and evaluating opportunities worldwide — not just across traditional asset classes but also including a full range of alternative assets, such as private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and real assets. This breadth of experience and resources allows us to construct truly differentiated portfolios designed to help our clients reach their targets while reducing downside risk.
We also leverage our market presence and scale to negotiate favourable terms and fees with managers. To align ourselves with our clients’ interests, we do not offer proprietary, off-the-shelf investment products or accept payments to recommend managers’ products. We don’t have other business agendas that compete with our clients for our best ideas or for our focus on their best interests.
We serve a diverse group of institutional portfolios with complex asset and liability pools
- Insurance firms
- Governments and sovereign wealth funds
- Pension plans
- Settlement, NDT, and other specialised trusts
Latest Research
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
VantagePoint: Second Quarter 2019
We recently argued that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach to investing in China, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. This edition of VantagePoint addresses five key questions regarding implementation decisions.
Read More »
Ready, Steady, Co-Invest
Co-investments are one of only a handful of control levers within an LP’s toolbox, and we encourage all private market investors, regardless of size, to consciously consider implementing a co-investment program.
Read More »
The Case for Dedicated China Exposure
While we have advised a gradual approach to investing in China, today we believe that investors should take a systematic and comprehensive approach, overweighting Chinese assets relative to their index weights. Looking past the uncertainty and negativity, investors will find a large investment opportunity set, a robust universe of public and private managers, and appealing public equity valuations.
Read More »
Protecting Pension Plans’ Hard-Won Gains: Could Hedge Funds Play a Role?
In the November 2018 issue of Benefits Magazine, covering pension plan issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public plan representatives, Investment Managing Director in Cambridge…
Read More »
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors
While trade finance is among the oldest forms of institutionalized credit, it has only recently become an accessible market for most institutional investors. Providing high…
Read More »
