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		<title><![CDATA[Extraordinary Times Call For Savvy Outsourcing Solutions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179419]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Through outsourcing, investment managers can reduce the costs required for maintaining a technology infrastructure with assured modernization. For the investment manager not using an outsourcer, current and future capital investments are not embedded in its costs and are an additional financial burden that must compete for limited firm resources. Outsourcing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Selecting Investment Managers in a Global Context]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156038]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Firms offering pension plans in more than one country may discover an excellent opportunity to reduce costs while creating synergies through adoption of a global approach to selecting investment managers. Many multinationals approach each of their pension plans in isolation, hiring investment managers for one pension plan without considering coordinating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trading Intelligently: Structuring Transaction Costs Across the Investment Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=147555]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Investment managers seeking a competitive advantage in today's fast-moving equity markets look for insights into far more than simply stock performance and historical trading data. An investment manager seeking such insights needs to ensure that cost analysis and "cost awareness" exist at every step of the investment cycle, from portfolio...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investment Manager Outsourcing: Enhancing Your Competitive Advantage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=151619]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing options that address and solve specific client need and requirements are wide-ranging. Investment managers may desire to outsource one or more highly discrete activities such as trade automation of performance measurement, or they may desire to outsource the entire back and middle office, thus concentrating almost exclusively on their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alpha Carry - A Closer Look at Active Investment Manager Fees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=155116]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Investment manager fees have preoccupied much of the investment industry's attention, especially during the last several months. Investment management fees, like investment returns, can be viewed in alpha and beta terms. Such an analysis produces a metric known as alpha carry, which measures an active manager's true cost and value....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can Elephants Dance? Asset Growth and Investment Manager Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=103823]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can Elephants Dance? Institutional investors could be asking themselves this question after witnessing substantial consolidation in the asset management industry over the past market cycle. Regulatory changes in the US and the entry of foreign firms via acquisition spurred a race for market share that has consumed many venerable mid-sized...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[8th Circuit Rules on Investment Manager Performance Fees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=71261]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision by a federal court of appeals held that an investment manager's performance fees are permissible under ERISA as long as the fees are reasonable, even though the manger has the ability to affect the timing or amount of the fee. This novel decision is directly contrary to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paying Up: The Hidden Cost Of Portfolio Management; Commission Recapture: A Way To Get Some Back?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=74638]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Paying up is paying a brokerage commission over and above the cost of pure execution in exchange for research or other services from brokers. The part of the commission in excess of the cost of execution can be viewed as an indirect fee beyond the negotiated management fee that investors...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How is Technology Changing Real Estate Investment Management?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=101060]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper summarizes many of the issues facing real estate investment managers as they continually re-evaluate the impact of Internet-enabled technology upon their businesses?both as operators of investment management firms and as operators of space leased to a wide cross-section of other businesses and households. This paper primarily addresses the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What’s Behind The Numbers?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73436]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article focuses on the importance of achieving numbers in order to judge the performance. It argues that selecting an investment manager is really all about selecting a manager who can produce the best numbers in the future. It can be argued about what numbers – should they be risk...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tax Deferral And Other Benefits Of Private Placement Life Insurance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=73365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been seen that the combination of an insurance trust and variable life insurance can potentially diminish both the income tax on investment earnings and the estate tax on an investment. As more and more investors realize, tax efficiency can have a dramatic effect on an investment's bottom line....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How is Technology Changing Real Estate Investment Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=102262]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This "white paper" summarizes many of the issues facing real estate investment managers as they continually re-evaluate the impact of Internet-enabled technology upon their businesses?both as operators of investment management firms and as operators of space leased to a wide cross-section of other businesses and households). These investment decisions are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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