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Lesson learned: How allocators can turn investment experience into a value-creation edge

Asset owners’ unique vantage point across managers, companies and market cycles gives them a powerful value-creation advantage, but many fail to capture and reuse what they learn, argues a new paper co-authored by Stanford University, alongside the CIOs of the University of California and Danantara. The paper sets out a “value-creation capability” framework to turn institutional experience into a repeatable investment edge without creating another layer of bureaucracy.

Why asset owners should not outsource innovation

Asset owners have traditionally counted on external asset managers to pursue bold innovations rather than stretching their limited internal resources to do so. But leading Stanford academic Ashby Monk has warned in a new paper that this long-standing model is distilling short-term thinking in pension management.

The five characteristics of a future portfolio: CAIA

The traditional 60/40 portfolio allocation is no longer enough. The opportunity for alpha is not gone, but the low-hanging fruit has long been harvested, and the path toward higher absolute returns has gotten far more nuanced according to a new report from the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)