
Center For Investment Excellence
The Center for Investment Excellence features educational insights across asset classes and investment themes designed to give you the tools you need to empower better decisions and build stronger portfolios.
Latest episodes

Apr 24, 2023 • 19min
The case for international equities
Recent trends have shown international equities performing as well, if not better, than their U.S. counterparts. David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Anjali Balani, Investment Specialist, International Equity Group and Tim Morris, Investment Specialist, Emerging Market and Asia Pacific Equities Group, discuss pressures on the U.S. dollar, the impact of China's re-opening and what investors need to know about investing overseas.

Mar 29, 2023 • 22min
Monetary policy and financial stability
We discuss the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting policy decision and its implication for investors.

Feb 23, 2023 • 25min
Clash of the Credit
In a battle of Investment Grade vs. High Yield, we discuss credit opportunities for institutional investors.

Jan 26, 2023 • 22min
Fixed Income’s Fashionable Again
After a year of higher interest rates and rising recession risks, what should bond investors focus on in 2023?

Dec 13, 2022 • 28min
The Asset Allocation Draft for 2023
A review of our 2023 asset allocation recommendations across fixed income, equities, and illiquid and liquid alternatives.

Nov 23, 2022 • 21min
2023 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions: Back to basics
As asset return forecasts move closer to equilibrium, we discuss how today’s market offers the best returns in over a decade.

Oct 25, 2022 • 22min
The next generation of investors
David Lebovitz and Jack Manley, Global Market Strategists, have a discussion around the next generation of investors and their financial mindset, identifying how their investment decisions are made and where institutional investors can find the most promising opportunities to reach them.

Oct 4, 2022 • 27min
Macro pressures affecting private markets
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, discuss macro pressures affecting private markets including slower growth, risk of recession, higher interest rates, and challenges for private equity managers in a high inflation environment.

Aug 24, 2022 • 28min
Is this the time for offense or defense in portfolios?
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, discuss whether investors should be positioning portfolios offensively or defensively to preserve capital against a backdrop of elevated volatility and recession concerns.

Jul 22, 2022 • 15min
A framework for investing in climate technology
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Tanya Barnes, Co-Managing Partner of Sustainable Growth Private Equity, discuss the latest trends in sustainable investing, including climate change and how institutional investors should evaluate climate technology companies and solutions.