Alternatives and Investment Solutions

07/24/24 • 53 min

Accelerating demand for alternative assets by investors of all types is being met by a wide range of new and often customized investment solutions products and services. Join Eva Xu, PhD, CFA, and Chestnut Advisor as she hosts a panel of alternative investing experts at some of the industry’s leading asset management firms:
Brandon Dees
Head of Alternative Investment Solutions
Morgan Stanley OCIO & Family Office
Jake Pflaum, CFA
Partner, Private Investments Team
American Century Investments
Kenneth Pitman CFA, CAIA
Principal, Alternative Investments Director
Mercer
This panel discussion, originally recorded as an Institute webinar on July 24th, 2024 covers:

What types of alternatives solutions are available - and what are not yet available to investors today?
What is the outlook for various alternative asset classes?
How should investors using solutions think about and evaluate the all-in value proposition of alternatives investments: risk/return, fees, liquidity, documentation, etc?

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What types of alternatives solutions are available - and what are not yet available to investors today?
What is the outlook for various alternative asset classes?
How should investors using solutions think about and evaluate the all-in value proposition of alternatives investments: risk/return, fees, liquidity, documentation, etc?

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Nonprofit Investors and Investment Solutions

Non-profit institutions are increasingly choosing holistic investment solutions like OCIOs to manage some or all of their portfolios. Drawing on the exclusive market research findings in the Chestnut Solutions Institute’s new report, Defining Investment Solutions, our panel of asset owners and asset managers discuss issues including:

What are the key needs of different types of non-profit institutions? Why do non-profit investors find holistic solutions-based products and services so attractive today?
What are the biggest challenges that solutions providers face in meeting the needs of non-profit clients?

Chestnut Advisor, Mary Jane Bobyock hosts this discussion originally recorded as a webinar on May 15th, 2024, with guests:

Mark Brovak
VP, CFO
The Foundation for Western Washington University
Bernie Reidy
Managing Director, National Endowment and Foundations Executive
Bank of America
Teresa Rodgers
Executive Director
The Presser Foundation
Jack Serhant
Vice President, Head of Solutions Distribution
State Street Global Advisors

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Asset Owners Guide to Investment Solutions

Asset owners of all types are increasingly adopting Investment solutions and OCIO products and services, yet the industry lacks standards and norms. The Chestnut Solutions Institute has introduced a new framework designed to help all investment solutions stakeholders develop a mutual understanding of objectives and achieve optimal investor outcomes more easily.
In this conversation, Chestnut Solutions Institute founders Ravi Venkataraman and Amanda Tepper introduce this framework and discuss:

The breadth and depth of the current OCIO and solutions marketplace, explaining often-confusing industry definitions,
An overview of the Institute’s proprietary framework for evaluating different types of solutions providers and their key capabilities,
The Institute’s Asset Owner Solutions Toolkit, including a guide to selecting and evaluating providers, a due diligence checklist and access to a new web portal with resources dedicated to verified asset owners.
If you are an asset owner, you may register on our website and once verified, you will be given access to CSI’s new online resource center with complimentary investment solutions research reports, proprietary Institute insights, and a solutions due diligence checklist designed specifically for asset owners. If you are an asset manager or advisor, you will also find this discussion helpful in articulating your solutions proposition to asset owners.

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