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The number one question when portfolios don’t deliver outcomes as expected is ‘why?’ After a six year analysis of nearly 300 institutional equity portfolios totaling $250+ billion of assets, six key findings emerged to help answer that question.

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We are in a new era of extreme volatility that is leaving investors searching for new ways to achieve the same portfolio objectives.

Inflation drags down cash performance. We explain how investors can make cash work harder for yield, and mitigate inflation’s damage, while still preserving capital.

  

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Michael Hunstad is deputy chief investment officer and chief investment officer of global equities for Northern Trust Asset Management. Michael is a member of the Asset Management Executive Group and has oversight of all equity portfolio management, research and trading activities including quantitative, index and tax-advantaged strategies.

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