Investment

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a professional athlete? Perhaps you fantasized about playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) alongside legends like Michael Jordan? Chances are, if you have,…

Achieving Investment Excellence: A Practical Guide for Trustees of Pension Funds, Endowments and Foundations. 2019. Kees Koedijk, Alfred Slager, and Jaap van Dam. John Wiley & Sons. Most investment books…

Culture provides a competitive advantage. That’s the judgment of 97% of investment professionals, according to FCG data. “Our firm should allocate time and resources to improving our culture.” More than…

We recently described how some asset managers are transforming their product distribution with artificial intelligence (AI). We call this distribution analytics. The transformation requires overcoming three key challenges: inefficient prospect…

Managers of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms have the same goal in mind: maximizing returns. Yet PE buyout and VC early-stage funds go about it in very…

The decision to embark on an entrepreneurial journey, especially in the hyper-competitive investment management industry, can be an overwhelming one. It is almost impossible to make all the right choices…

Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity. 2021. Simon Witney. Cambridge University Press (International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation Series). Private equity as an investment class is older…

An investment policy statement (IPS) can be one of the most important documents for individual and institutional investors alike. Yet not all IPSs are of the same quality. Which of…

Across all economic sectors, disruptions resulting from the global pandemic have forced businesses around the world to adapt and create new models of work. Although some industries may eventually return…

Risk and reward in investing are often defined in terms of the nominal dollar value of the portfolio: dollar gains, dollar losses, dollar volatility, dollar value at risk, etc. But…