The term “Outsourced Chief Investment Officer” (OCIO) has gained popularity in the investment industry as investment consultants, banks and small wealth management firms are now offering OCIO services to foundations, endowments and nonprofits. You may be considering this model instead of the self-managed or consultant model used in the past. To help your organization evaluate potential OCIO providers, we recommend taking the “T” test.
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Four Myths of Tax Loss Harvesting
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Wealth management advisors have long recognized the value of tax loss harvesting. In this session, Paul Bouchey, the chief investment officer at Parametric, debunked some of the myths surrounding tax loss harvesting and provides a more realistic picture of what to expect from tax management strategies in the context of an equity portfolio.Myths:
The most important risk to a family is not meeting your goals, not loss in your portfolio, according to Ashvin Chhabra, author of The Aspirational Investor and the landmark paper Beyond Markowitz: A Comprehensive Wealth Allocation Framework for Individual Investors. Ashvin will offer a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy.
Like the Fink Family, a growing number of families are investing directly into impact companies and for good reason. There are great investment opportunities and investors can pick the specific type of positive impact they would like to see (sustainable fishery, renewable energy, financial inclusion, etc.). But investing directly into companies efficiently and effectively requires a different acumen and infrastructure than investing in public markets.
Families of exceptional wealth enjoy abundant resources to achieve family goals, but also face peculiar, idiosyncratic risks not easily managed through traditional means. This session explores a framework for managing those risks while taking advantage of the unique edge which families can have over other investors.
India: Into the Daylight
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Global investors need to cast their net broadly to capture attractive investment opportunities. For decades, western analysts have believed that the economic potential and perceived advantages of India—such as a free market economy, democratically elected government and western-style legal system—would allow it to become a dominant global economic and political power. This potential has yet to be realized, causing many investors to avoid India.
In Skin in the Game, a proposed TV show with a format similar to Shark Tank, the audience effectively runs the game, deciding which businesses get funded. Audience members also have the option to invest their own capital in the Skin in the Game fund. More than fun and games, it was designed with projections for job creation and economic development in mind, and the success of these crowd-funded deals will be published and discussed on each show.
Resiliency seems to be the most appropriate word to describe financial markets over the past years, and that held true during the last quarter. Global stock markets continued their trek upward, reaching fresh all-time highs almost daily during the third quarter; the MSCI ACWI Index gained 5.31 percent as the coordinated global recovery strengthened and geopolitical risks were shrugged off by investors. Although most major markets experienced fairly strong positive returns, U.S. equities continued to lag behind international markets mainly due to the political environment domestically.
Middle Market Direct Lending
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Middle market direct lending is a large and growing component of the private debt market. The increasing importance of private capital to finance small to medium-sized businesses, coupled with investors’ interest in the asset class contribute to dynamics that set the stage for continued growth. One reason for investing in middle market direct loans is that they have the potential to provide investors with attractive risk adjusted returns, low volatility, and a hedge against rising interest rates.
Investors are adding a gender lens strategy to their overall investment approach for several reasons. They may view it as a way to leverage market systems to support progress towards gender equality. They may regard the addition of gender related variables to their investment process as a way to identify potential areas of opportunity while seeking investment alpha, sustainable growth and lower risk.