Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Most investment managers focus on the investment side, or the “treasure hunt,” but we have seen that spending equal time on determining how much capital to put behind each investment can be even more impactful from a return perspective. The goal of capital allocation is to improve the risk-adjusted returns of our portfolio.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Investigative Research Process: Receive assignment from a portfolio manager or sector analyst. Our process was developed and refined by the team that manages our Large- Cap Sustainable Growth Strategy—Portfolio Managers Karina Funk and David Powell, and ESG Research Analyst Emily Dwyer.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis. Quantitative risk analysis and reporting. Investigative Research Process: Receive assignment from a portfolio manager or sector analyst. Emily Dwyer.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Hedge funds can include a number of strategies: long-short, trading-oriented, global macro, event-driven and activist. When investing in alternatives, we seek long-term partnerships with portfolio managers and teams that possess specific talent and skill. Many private equity funds have a term life of ten years or more.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Hedge funds can include a number of strategies: long-short, trading-oriented, global macro, event-driven and activist. When investing in alternatives, we seek long-term partnerships with portfolio managers and teams that possess specific talent and skill. Exposure to both established and emerging managers.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 14, 2023

We have twice seen British Sterling spike up as a factor risk on one-off non-repeatable issues: Brexit in 2016 and the mini-budget fiasco in 2022. Both “risks” faded in the models quickly; the events had already happened. By necessity these models are somewhat looking in the rear-view mirror.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 28, 2019

Effective risk analysis, then, requires us to balance competing goals in a portfolio, and to use a combination of quantitative analysis and subjective judgment to guide future decisions. In other words, it does not effectively measure the actual probability that investors will achieve their stated goals.

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