Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates
Private
Founded 1975 (1975)
Founder Hunter Lewis,
James Bailey
Headquarters 125 High Street,
Boston, MA, U.S.
Products Asset management, investment management
AUM $117 billion
Number of employees
 1,700
Website CambridgeAssociates.com

Cambridge Associates is a leading global investment firm that has pioneered innovative portfolio management solutions for more than 40 years. In 1973, Cambridge Associates began introducing several leading universities to an investment strategy of high equity orientation and broad diversification. This approach, and the introduction of then-unknown alternative asset classes, has been a driver of long-term performance for these leading fiduciary investors.

Today, Cambridge Associates works with more than 1,000 endowments, foundations, pensions, and private clients around the globe, always focused on a singular goal: to help build portfolios that maximize returns based on each client’s unique investment needs and risk expectations. The firm offers a broad spectrum of services designed to provide clients with the level of support they require to best meet their investment objectives. These services range from acting as a fully outsourced investment office to providing stand-alone access to our world-class manager research platform.

Business

Cambridge clients include the NFL Pension Funds, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Mayo Clinic, WWF, National Geographic, the Smithsonian Foundation, The Council on Foreign Relations, Yale University, Harvard University, MIT, Bryn Mawr College, Swarthmore College, Philips Exeter, and the The Knight Foundation.[1][2][3][4]

The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Reuters utilize Cambridge research.[5][6]

Cambridge Associates had $4.633 trillion in total global assets under advisement as of June 2015, down 2% from the same period a year earlier.[7][8]

Cambridge Associates also became known for its stated intention of avoiding the conflicts of interest endemic to Wall Street,[6] conflicts that became especially apparent during the Crash of 2008. Cambridge Associates has said that its mode of “conflict free” services represents an important innovation in American finance.[2]

Cambridge has offices in London, Washington DC, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Beijing, Singapore, and Sydney.

References

  1. ↑ "ENDOWMENT RETURN GETS HIGH MARKS" (PDF). Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Knight Foundation Selects Cambridge Associates LLC To Oversee Endowment Investment Policies". The Knight Foundation. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Mieras, Emily (25 April 1987). "Bryn Mawr Faces Financial Crisis". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Martinez, Marina (19 November 2014). "Cambridge Associates, college's main advisement firm, will help schools divest". The Phoenix. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Canada, Hilary (4 August 2015). "Energy Losses Cut Into Private Equity Returns in 2014". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Benoit, David (24 November 2015). "Activist Investors Display a Lighter Touch". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Comtois, James. "Cambridge Associates reorganizes leadership". Pensions & Investments. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  8. ↑ "P&I Research Center".


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