by ivm_wpadmin | Nov 17, 2020
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) analysis and its ability to highlight investment risks has brought it to the fore for U.S. institutional investors. This institutional market evolution has been led by those people in charge of the plan assets, the...
by ivm_wpadmin | Oct 26, 2020
Recently while working on some analysis for a client looking into product development within the International Large Cap Equity, I was surprised to see that post negotiated fees in the mandate had actually increased during the first half of 2020. Previously we have...
by ivm_wpadmin | Jul 23, 2020
The first two quarters of 2020 have been very turbulent for equity markets while the fixed income market has remained steady. With all the volatility in the equity markets, it’s essential to review which active managers have been able to navigate these confusing...
by ivm_wpadmin | Apr 23, 2020
In the first quarter of 2020, the MSCI AC World index was down 21.3%. We have to go back to the fourth quarter of 2008, the heart of the US subprime mortgage crisis, to find as significant of a drawdown over a quarter (-22.3%). Since 2008, investors have only...