
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

Jun 30, 2022 • 17min
Inflation, interest rates and volatility, oh my!
For long-term investors, there are a number of challenges in today's market environment. We take stock of where we are in mid-2022 and where we are headed in the months and years to come.

Jun 2, 2022 • 23min
A macro snapshot into Canada
David Lebovitz and Jack Manley, Global Market Strategists, discuss the Canadian economy from the booming housing market to inflation dynamics with the Bank of Canada, and the opportunity set for institutional investors in the second half of the year.

May 5, 2022 • 25min
Investment opportunities in genetic medicine, automation and cybersecurity
Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, Felise Agranoff, Growth Equity Portfolio Manager, Dr. Matt Cohen, U.S. and Global Healthcare Portfolio Manager and Eric Ghernati, Senior Technology Analyst and Portfolio Manager, review the dramatic changes afoot in genetic medicine, automation, and cybersecurity.

Mar 28, 2022 • 25min
Inflation and monetary policy
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, discuss the current state of inflation, the reaction of the Federal Reserve and how investors can position themselves for both the near-and-long-term shift in interest rates.

Feb 22, 2022 • 26min
Accessing Alternatives in 2022
Pulkit Sharma, Head of Alternatives Investment Strategy and Solutions, joins David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, to discuss his framework for investing in alternatives, how it can be a solution to public market volatility, and the ways investors can access the asset class in 2022.

Jan 27, 2022 • 21min
Engineering portfolios for climate change
David Lebovitz and Meera Pandit, Global Market Strategists, and Garrett Norman, Investment Specialist, Quantitative Solutions, discuss the latest on global climate change and the solutions institutional investors can incorporate into their portfolios.

Dec 14, 2021 • 41min
The 2022 Asset Allocation Draft
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy conduct an asset allocation draft across various sectors, highlighting the current macroeconomic backdrop, Omicron variant implications, and the biggest risks and challenges investors will face in 2022.

Nov 30, 2021 • 21min
The Alternatives Roundup
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Anton Pil, Global Head of Alternatives share their 2021 alternatives investment themes, from the return to the office to recent supply chain concerns and opportunities within private markets.

Oct 22, 2021 • 27min
The benefits of ETFs in institutional portfolios
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Max Cann, Head of Institutional ETFs, discuss the evolution of the ETF market, how institutional investors can manage broad beta and factor exposure and the misnomer that ETFs are only passive investments.

Oct 12, 2021 • 25min
Reaching a net-zero world through carbon offsets
Why are carbon markets developing and what are the scientific limits and standards around them?