Fed Rate Cuts Begin: What It Means for Stocks & Fixed Income
Episode 5 The Fed has begun cutting rates — but what does that mean for your portfolio? Commonfund OCIO's Chief Investment Strategist Kris Kwait joins host Anita Hariton to break down the latest...
Fed Rate Cuts Ahead: Bonds, Recession Risk & Election Impact
Episode 4 The Fed's first rate cut in years may finally be within reach — but what does that mean for your portfolio? Commonfund OCIO's Chief Investment Strategist Kris Kwait joins host Anita Hariton...
Do Markets Need Fed Rate Cuts? AI, Earnings & Credit Risk
Episode 3 Do markets need Fed rate cuts to keep climbing? Commonfund OCIO's Chief Investment Strategist Kris Kwait joins host Anita Hariton to unpack the latest macro dashboard, where employment is...
Global Growth, Hedge Funds & Election Risk: Macro Outlook
Episode 2 How should long-term investors think about diversification in an uncertain market? Commonfund's Chief Investment Strategist Kris Kwait joins host Anita Hariton to review the latest macro...
Is a Hard Landing Priced In? Rates, Credit & Real Estate
Episode 1 Is a hard landing priced into markets? In the debut episode of the Commonfund OCIO podcast, Chief Investment Officer Deborah Spalding and Chief Investment Strategist Kris Kwait break down...
Tactical Allocation: Winning Strategy or a Fool’s Game?
Institutional investors overseeing long-term pools of capital typically define their strategic asset allocation with specific targets and bands or ranges around those targets, which allow for...
Investment Manager Fees Part II: Creating Alignment
In Part I of this blog series, “Investment Manager Fees: Out of Sight, Out of Mind”, we discussed our approach to determining the value of an asset manager and how we might calculate a fair price for...
Investment Manager Fees: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
One of the most pressing questions facing fiduciaries is that of investment management fees. We think it is a healthy and necessary discussion, as even small fees can have a big impact on performance...
Inflation is Expected to Rise. How Can Investors Protect Portfolios?
In March, capital markets entered their tenth year of post-crisis recovery. For diversified portfolios, these have been some of the most profitable times, characterized by strong returns, positive...
Hedge Funds: How Many (or Few) Does it Take?
It’s straightforward to get an answer to that question, at least superficially: draw at random from a manager universe, build hypothetical portfolios with the selected managers, track performance,...
Smart money, crowded trades?
For investors building multi-manager portfolios, a look at an alternative hedge fund beta. Approaches to stock selection vary widely across the hedge fund universe, even among managers practicing the...
Is a Recession Coming? Tariffs, Debt & U.S. Market Risks