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MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor.

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

The Big Picture

If only the Fed didn’t do X, our portfolio would have been much better” seems to be a terrible approach to managing assets for clients. 2010s : Remained on emergency footing post GFC for far too long – left rates at 0 until December 2015. Following those March 2020 rate cuts, the Fed stayed at Zero until March 2022.

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Bigger is Not Always Better in Asset Management

Alpha Architect

Pastor, Stambaugh, and Taylor (2015) and Zhu (2018) provide significant evidence of decreasing returns to scale (DRS) at both the fund and industry levels. Bigger is Not Always Better in Asset Management was originally published at Alpha Architect.

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#FA Success Ep 367: When Being In Business With Your Spouse Doesn’t Work Out And You Have To Start Over, With Kimberly Enders

Nerd's Eye View

Kimberly is the Lead Financial Planner and Managing Partner of Enders Wealth Management, a hybrid advisory firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, that oversees $50M in assets under management for 85 client households.

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MiB: Ed Yardeni on the Roaring 20s

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Dr. Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research , a provider of global investment strategies and asset-allocation analyses and recommendations. He previously served as Chief Investment Strategist of Oak Associates, Prudential Equity Group, and Deutsche Bank’s US equities division in New York City.

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Strategic Advisory Letter | 2015 Year-End Planning Checklist

Brown Advisory

Strategic Advisory Letter | 2015 Year-End Planning Checklist. Thu, 11/12/2015 - 11:10. As 2015 comes to a close, we remind our clients and friends of how important it is take time to review new tax rules, consider tax-saving opportunities and review investment and asset-protection plans before year’s end. Income Taxes.

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The Advisory | June 2015

Brown Advisory

The Advisory | June 2015. Wed, 06/03/2015 - 10:14. Ahead of the first tightening by the Federal Reserve in nine years, we are shifting into less-traditional assets, anticipating that, at best, U.S. As a result, we have incrementally moved assets out of traditional U.S. This argues for shifting assets away from U.S.