Endowments and Foundations' Economic Concerns Triple in 2019
-- NEPC survey finds fears of a global economic slowdown in economic growth are 3x greater than in 2018. Nonprofits also weigh the impact of tax reform, the rise of donor-advised funds, and cryptocurrency donations --
U.S. News & World Report: Why You Should Be Investing in Commodities
Financial Investment News: Investors Seek Consultant Partnerships To Manage Market Volatility
Pensions & Investments: Investors Getting Better Ways to Gauge Risk-Parity Success
Data Show Investors Value Collaborative, Long-Term Consultant Relationship - NEPC
International Business Times: Emerging Markets Have Left Pain Behind, Positioned To Outperform: NEPC
The New York Times: How to Avoid the Next Real Estate Downturn
Frans and Caroline Swaalf, management consultants in the Netherlands, have been enamored of South Florida since they were graduate students at the University of Miami in the 1990s.
When the housing crisis hit in 2007, they thought their time to buy had come. They bought a condo in the Fontainebleau, a resort in Miami Beach, in 2010, after prices had bottomed out, paying 60 percent less than it had sold for two years earlier. The condo has since doubled in value.
The Swaalfs began investing in other properties. In 2011, they bought a small condo in an Art Deco building and doubled their money when they sold it six years later. They put that money into a larger condo in Miami that overlooked the water, and then looked for a buyer. But Mr. Swaalf expects to make only 5 to 10 percent when the sale closes.
That was a signal to the couple that the market was slowing and that it was time to put their investment gains elsewhere. Prices in the Miami area have cooled since September, according to Trulia, a real estate search engine.
Pensions & Investments: Sponsors See Proposals as Low-Priority Item
When defined contribution sponsors contemplate lifetime income solutions, their actions — or more likely, inactions — resemble the ERISA version of the film "Groundhog Day."
Pensions & Investments: Risk-Parity Investors do a bit of Second-Guessing
A cadre of asset owners are suffering from a crisis of confidence in their risk-parity investments.
