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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

These efforts to achieve informational advantage are broadly referred to as “bottom-up investing” due to their focus on primary information gathering and ground-level analysis. Investigative Research Process: Receive assignment from a portfolio manager or sector analyst.

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Beyond Bottom-Up

Brown Advisory

These efforts to achieve informational advantage are broadly referred to as “bottom-up investing” due to their focus on primary information gathering and ground-level analysis. The following are ways we seek to identify additional risks and opportunities outside traditional analysis: Investigative research. ESG analysis.

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

Before making any new investment, we analyse that potential new idea’s contribution to total portfolio risk with the aim of lifting stock-specific risk. Active Return is a reference to how much an investment gains or loses, on a percentage base, when compared to its benchmark.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Investment committees for endowments and foundations have a wide range of responsibilities, but ultimately their job boils down to a single task: Ensure that the portfolio can deliver funds to the organization in the short term, without unintentionally spending down principal over the long term.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

Investment committees for endowments and foundations have a wide range of responsibilities, but ultimately their job boils down to a single task: Ensure that the portfolio can deliver funds to the organization in the short term, without unintentionally spending down principal over the long term. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

It can also refer to direct investments in privately held companies. Long/Short Hedge Strategies: These strategies can help manage volatility over the course of a market cycle in an underlying asset class (equities, credit). These examples are different approaches hedge funds can take in an effort to deliver diversified outcomes.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

It can also refer to direct investments in privately held companies. Long/Short Hedge Strategies: These strategies can help manage volatility over the course of a market cycle in an underlying asset class (equities, credit). Exposure to both established and emerging managers. Risk-for-riskanalysis to funding capital.

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