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A selective, disciplined approach to private credit continues to deliver positive valuations and consistent returns for investors, despite current market volatility. An experienced middle-market private debt manager explains what’s behind strong underlying fundamentals and how to assess the recent modest volatility in this asset class.
Sustainable investing is transforming from an optional approach to an integrated aspect of portfolio risk mitigation and return enhancement. Current concerns such as climate risk, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and new ESG regulations are impacting sustainable strategies and their spread across the asset classes. Learn the latest shifts in the sustainable investing landscape, current opportunities and strategies to access them.
As fund boards and their advisers contemplate the implementation of the SEC 2a-5 rule, the selection of an appropriate pricing and valuation vendor is a key aspect in enabling transparency and successful compliance.
As investors look for ways to manage inflation risk and navigate current market challenges, learn why trend following can be a mainstay of all institutional portfolios and help deliver positive, long-term risk-adjusted returns. A quantitative specialist shares insights on recent performance, key features and benefits of the strategy.
Learn how the SPDR MarketAxess Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond ETF uses pioneering techniques in data inputs and portfolio composition to deliver higher-than-average liquidity relative to the broader U.S. corporate bond market. The newly launched ETF can deliver enhanced liquidity and transparency for a wide range of institutional use cases, particularly in the current volatile market environment.
Strong consumer demand, structural improvements and positive underlying fundamentals anchor a number of sectors and companies across the emerging markets. Active management and an ESG approach are also keeping investors steadfast, and poised to act in a timely manner, during this challenging period.
U.S.mid-cap growth equities can benefit DC plan participants, given their attractive risk-reward characteristics, but many plans are still under-invested in this asset class. Hear the compelling case for premier growth opportunities and where it’s optimal to include mid-caps on a glidepath.
From geo-political strife to workforce resignations, investor concerns in a current rising rate cycle to increased demand for alternatives and private markets, a host of factors are leading asset owners to seek out OCIO partners. Learn the latest trends in mandates, from diversified strategies to ESG investing, and best practices in working with an OCIO partner.
As institutional investors seek out diversification and yield beyond what they can get from core holdings, the menu of opportunities in alternatives has expanded across assets, sectors and investment approaches. A host of considerations, from inflation protection and liquidity profiles to ESG factors, are at the forefront across the wide range of alternative investments today.
From reading the inflation tea leaves to adopting a flexible, outcomes-based approach appropriate an uncertain macroeconomic environment, this lively discussion offers fixed-income investors plenty of insights and opportunities across the credit spectrum.
