DC Plans Slow to Adopt Liquid Alts…But Why?
A recent article on Wealth Management.com titled “Liquid Alts in DC Plans? Don’t Hold Your Breath” discusses the relatively slow adoption of Liquid Alts by defined contribution (DC) Plans relative to what Defined Benefit Plans (DB) have done. The arguments for liquid alts, as the article presents, include managing return and risk management, managing volatility, […]
Prateek Mehrotra discusses the Endowment Model of Investing with Institutional Real Estate Inc
Prateek Mehrotra, CIO of ETF Model SolutionsTM,and our affiliate, Endowment Wealth ManagementTM, was interviewed this week by Institutional Real Estate Inc. In the discussion, Prateek talks about the history of the Endowment Model and how the Endowment IndexTM was constructed. Listen to the podcast. The podcast is for information purposes only and should not be considered […]
Real assets a crucial component in endowment portfolios
Real Assets, which consist of real estate, commodities, energy, infrastructure, natural resources and master limited partnerships are utilized by many of the nation’s wealthiest endowments, but individual investors can also benefit from incorporating real assets into their portfolios. Prateek Mehrotra MBA, CFA, CAIA, CIO of ETF Model SolutionsTM outlines how real assets can provide greater […]
Investment News: “Alternatives: Key Piece of the Puzzle”
The case for traditional long-only allocations to stocks and bonds is getting weaker by the day, and that’s putting the financial advice industry, if somewhat reluctantly, on the junction of major change And so starts an extensive front-page article in a recent issue of Investment News. The article goes on to provide a basic background of […]
Study Sheds Light on Private Equity Holdings of Public Pension Funds
The annual Private Equity Growth Capital examining private equity investments of over 150 U.S. public pension funds has been released recently. The report contains tables and charts, organizing data collected by Bison. A few highlights: U.S. public pension funds invest 9.4% of their portfolio in private equity (on a dollar-weighted basis) Based upon the four […]
How To Invest Like The Ivy League Endowments with ETFs
Seeking Alpha published an article by Prateek Mehrotra outlining how ETFs can help investors build institutional quality portfolios diversified into liquid alternative investments designed to improve long-term risk adjusted returns. The article summary The country’s largest endowments aim to preserve capital while producing income and appreciation with less correlation to the stock market regardless of […]
United States Commodity ETF files paperwork to be registered under Investment Company Act of 1940
United States Commodity Funds, the Oakland, California-based firm that did so much to popularize futures-based exchange-traded funds focused on commodities, has filed regulatory paperwork describing a broad commodity fund that qualifies for the same tax treatment as a plain-vanilla equity or fixed-income fund. The USCF Dynamic Commodity Index Fund is being registered under the Investment Company […]
Use of Liquid Alts Growing in Self-Directed IRAs
A recent article at WealthManagement.com discussed that interest in self-directed IRAs is growing. A few reasons for this are that more people have begun to accumulate sizeable assets in their retirement plans. and are looking to diversify their portfolios beyond stocks, bonds and mutual funds. As such, there tends to be a greater appetite for alternative assets […]
Use of Liquid Alts in Defined Contribution Plans is on the Rise
ETF Model SolutionTM’s Collective Investment Fund was mentioned today in an article on DailyAlts.com. “Last week, the Alta Trust Company and ETF Model SolutionsTM announced the launch of the Endowment CIF (Collective Investment Fund), which is designed to emulate the strategies of endowments, pension funds, and defined benefit plans. But instead of investing in illiquid […]
