The Managed Funds Association(MFA) has launched an updated Institutional Investor Map utilising data from Preqin and a new video series featuring institutional investors explaining, in their own words, the important role hedge funds play in their institutions’ larger portfolios.
“Institutions like pensions, charities and universities across the country represent approximately two-thirds of the industry’s invested assets,” says MFA President and CEO Richard H Baker (pictured). “This project highlights that strong partnership and the important role the industry plays in helping institutional investors across the country provide secure retirements, expand educational opportunities, increase research funding and fulfil charitable missions.”
The Institutional Investor Map pools information, largely from independent data provider Preqin’s 2017 database, about leading public and corporate pensions, university endowments and charitable foundations into an easy-to-use map. The map highlights that institutions in every state across the US use hedge funds to diversify their investment portfolios, manage risk and meet their financial obligations.
In the video series, viewers hear directly from investment professionals from leading institutions about why they use hedge funds and the value those allocations provide. The first video features Steve Algert, Managing Director and Assistant Treasurer at the J Paul Getty Trust. Upcoming videos, which will be released in the coming weeks, will feature Joel Hinkhouse, Senior Investment Manager at Teacher Retirement System of Texas; and the Honorable Ken Miller, PhD, Oklahoma State Treasurer.
