The alignment of many OCIOs with their prospective clients is compromised by inherent conflicts of interest. Worse still, some OCIOs engage in troubling sleights of hand to win business. This…

Volatility in global financial markets experienced a lull during 2015-2017 and touched all-time lows in 2017. The revival of volatility in February 2018 revealed elements of the market fragility…

New partnership ensures continued independence for Strategic. Click here to download the press release.

In a blog post for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), Tim O’Hara and Nikki Kraus emphasize the importance of an investment committee having a thoughtful…

In a blog post for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), Ken Grossfield and Nikki Kraus present a grid of skills and attributes to help identify individuals for…

In this interview, which appeared in a publication by The Spaulding Group, Ken Grossfield and Nikki Kraus discuss why Strategic chose to claim compliance with the Global Investment Performance…

The article titled “What Do Board Members Need To Know About Endowments”, in which Nikki Kraus discusses how governance can make a difference in managing endowments, appeared in the Summer 2018 issue…

Persistent flows from active to passive management have altered the very structure of U.S. financial markets and raised a number of essential questions, including: What is driving these flows? Do…

On April 12, Strategic Investment Group’s Nikki Kraus, led a group discussion on Outsourced CIO at The Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI). The event was one of several workshops for…

A frequent question we get from Investment Committee members is, “How will the role of the Investment Committee change when we hire an OCIO?” Our response is straightforward: The committee’s primary…