Interest in sustainable investing is growing each day as wealth owners, families, and family office professionals start down the path of sustainability investing. This paper details the typical path these investors take, the questions many of them face, and the way many of them successfully develop a winning strategy that generates both return...
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Impact investing, which seeks to generate social and/or environmental benefits while delivering a financial return, is expanding as a promising tool for both investors and philanthropists. This guide is part of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ Philanthropy Roadmap series and acts as an introduction to impact investing. To consider the next ste...
Developing an impact investing strategy and taking subsequent action steps can be organized into three stages: Prepare, Build, and Refine. In this guide, which builds from the introductory guide on impact investing, the three phases are explored further to explain how to take practical steps towards implementing your first impact investment.
In spite of government intervention, economic recovery in most developed economies remains anaemic and equity markets volatile. At the same time, the emerging markets continue to surge. This keynote address given at the 2012 Global Investment Forum by a respected investment strategist examined the structural forces that are reshaping the investment...
In the wake of the financial crisis and an uncertain economic outlook, it is timely to think afresh and evaluate new approaches to investing. Dr. Sam Thomas, professor of banking and finance at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, discusses what the changing ‘architecture of global commerce’ means for asset allocat...
The impact of COVID-19 on the economy has raised questions for investors about the current state of the private investment landscape. In this webinar, the Cambridge Associates team addresses the possible implications for private investment portfolios as they discuss their experiences and observations from prior crises to the key element of staying ...
The emerging markets have increasingly become a motor of global economic growth as western economies languish. This 2012 Global Investment Forum session examined several key questions. How should families evaluate the relative attractiveness of the emerging markets (BRICs, Next-11)? What portion – or a lower and upper range - of an overall po...
In the same way that spot prices are useful to farmers for planning, they can be just as useful for investors. Many index providers recognize this and publish asset-class-wide measurements of aggregate spot prices called spot indexes. However, things can get complicated if you don’t understand their subtleties. After unshrouding the mystery a...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had swift and severe effects on the U.S. by devastating the stock market and halting the broader economy. However, given the indicators of instability that had previously existed, an optimist may argue that the virus simply expedited a previously foreseen economic downturn and a recession-induced bear market. Undoubtedly t...
When an unforeseeable or disruptive event occurs—such as the COVID-19 pandemic—the transaction parties must look back at their real estate agreements and reassess their standing, rights, remedies, recourse, and relationships. To ensure good business judgment, the review on the provisions of your real estate contracts should include addr...
Responsible investors often express that they don’t want to buy companies that greenwash; rather, they want the real thing. And they want investment managers who can tell the difference. But businesses are complex organisms, and sustainable business practices are rarely as simple as good versus bad. However, there are pointers that can h...
Understanding premium municipal bonds can be difficult for even the most seasoned investors. Munis are underwritten with a laundry list of complexities such as yield, maturity, call date, duration, and credit. The myth that investors lose the premium at maturity isn’t only false, it may also lead to poor decision-making as focus shifts to avo...
Markets have just witnessed the biggest decline in crude prices since the Gulf War. What does this mean for commodity investors in the U.S. and around the globe? A closer look at what might have caused the oil collapse reveals how it can impact investor expectations for the near term.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended markets, the economy, and people’s livelihoods. Few things feel like they’re under your control. When it comes to investing, what should investors and their advisors do? While it may be strange to contemplate why the pandemic could also reshape taxes, the choices you make around investment taxes...
Can a pandemic-induced market downturn become an opportunity for investors looking to modify their portfolios? Learn how constructive changes, including going from ETFs to tax-managed SMAs, can present the best chance to improve overall portfolio health.