Marquette Associates

Thorough manager due diligence and fee negotiation are critical to avoiding poor products and performance erosion. Register now to join us for a live webinar on the investment manager search fiduciary duties of high alpha, high integrity and low fees. An update of our popular manager search webinar in 2011, we'll dive even deeper into the details of a five-step best practice process with traditional and alternative manager case studies. Clear guidance for both clients and managers will also be covered, including "do's and don'ts" for approaching our research process.

Please join Marquette’s asset class analysts for a live webinar briefing on our 1Q 2013 Market Environment report. This webinar series is designed to brief clients on the market as soon as possible after quarterly market data becomes available. The overall U.S. economy will be discussed, along with fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Join Marquette’s asset class analysts for a live webinar briefing on 2013 capital market expectations.

Potential market drivers and general outlooks will be discussed for the overall U.S. economy, fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Please join Marquette’s asset class analysts for a live webinar based on our 3Q 2012 Market Environment report. This webinar series is designed to brief clients on the market as soon as possible after quarterly market data becomes available. The overall U.S. economy will be discussed, along with fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Please join Marquette’s asset class analysts for a live "halftime" webinar based on our 2Q 2012 Market Environment report. This webinar series is designed to brief clients on the market as soon as possible after quarterly market data becomes available. The overall U.S. economy will be discussed, along with fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Portfolios must be rebalanced to maintain the risk/reward profile set in the original asset allocation. But how often should portfolios be rebalanced? And what guidelines should be used to determine when to rebalance? As institutional investment stewards, trustees and their investment consultants have a fiduciary duty to set a clear policy on portfolio rebalancing.

Register now to join us for a live webinar to discuss our upcoming paper on rebalancing and guidelines for implementing a rebalancing policy. We'll address key questions to consider and discuss in more detail with your consultant.

Live webinar briefing on our 1Q 2012 Market Environment report. This new webinar series is designed to brief clients on the market as soon as possible after quarterly market data becomes available. The overall U.S. economy will be discussed, along with fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Skyrocketing commodity prices combined with the poor performance of equities have led to an increased interest in commodity allocations. Commodities have not historically been part of an institutional investor’s asset allocation, and some even question whether commodities are an asset class.

Register now to join us for a live webinar to discuss commodities as an institutional asset class with senior research analyst Eric Przybylinski and Greg Leonberger, our director of research. We'll explore commodities as an investment, focusing on investment vehicles, the sources and attributes of historical risk and return, and commodities’ place in an investment portfolio.

We'll brief participants on key points from our newly published position paper, including:
* An introduction to commodities as an institutional asset class
* The mechanics of long-only futures positions
* Drivers of individual commodity returns and portfolios of commodity positions
* Commodities as part of a balanced portfolio

Join Marquette's asset class analysts for a live webinar to hear their views on 2012 capital market expectations.

Potential market drivers and general outlooks will be discussed for the overall U.S. economy, fixed income, U.S./non-U.S. equity, hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

A relatively new asset class to institutional investors, infrastructure has emerged over the last five years as a sustainable addition to portfolios.

Register now to join us for a live webinar to discuss the asset class with our infrastructure authority Elizabeth Francis and investment consultant Miguel Zarate. We'll brief participants on key points from our newly published position paper.