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Consultants

Consultants

Overview


Our dedicated team collaborates with over 100 investment consultants around the globe, providing insights on our broad suite of investment solutions and access to our investment professionals. We are committed to partnering with the investment consultant community to inform their analysis of investment solutions on behalf of their clients.

Our Approach: How We Partner with Consultants


We seek to provide a timely and candid flow of information about our investment strategies to research and field consultants for ongoing assessment and client implementation. We contribute market insights and thought leadership from our investment teams to aid in the development of investment consultants’ views.

Holistic and Customized Investment Solutions
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We work with investment consultants to address their clients’ specific objectives and tailor solutions consistent with their strategic recommendations. Investment consultants value our ability to identify market trends and opportunities as well as provide innovative solutions that help their clients reach their investment objectives.

Broad and Integrated Investment Capabilities
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We provide a broad suite of investment solutions that span all asset classes and geographies – from liability-oriented fixed income portfolios to bespoke alternative investments. Our team guides investment consultants to strategies and investment vehicles specific to the needs of their clients.

Strategic Partnerships Built on Knowledge Transfer
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We share market views and leverage resources across GSAM and the broader firm to help investment consultants navigate financial markets.

Examples of Our Partnership with Consultants


Consultant Description

A global investment consultant with a client base spanning all types of institutional investors.

 

Consultant Objective

Given the rapid development of emerging markets economies, the consultant felt traditional distinctions asset managers made in sovereign bonds were antiquated. The consultant approached us to help capitalize on the changes in debt markets caused by emerging market (EM) growth and post-financial-crisis weakness in developed markets. The consultant hoped to develop a new strategy that would give a differentiated return for its institutional clients.

GSAM Solution

We worked with the consultant to design a fund for the strategy that best suited their clients’ specifications. We leveraged our investment expertise in government debt markets and developed a unique process to capture changes the consultant identified. By combining market insights across developed and emerging countries, we identified new investment ideas that formed the base of a strategy with potentially more attractive characteristics than standard benchmarks.

Consultant Description

A US-based investment consultant with a growing presence in the pension community and numerous pension clients.

 

Consultant Objective

The client was seeking to form a holistic view of trends and trade-offs in pension management.

GSAM Solution

Our pension strategist shared insights on pension observations and themes, including return assumptions, pension asset allocation and implementation approaches, to augment the consultant’s pension outlook.

Consultant Description

A global investment consultant with a client base spanning all types of institutional investors.

 

Consultant Objective

The consultant was seeking to acquire ongoing best practices and industry training on a wide range of topics.

GSAM Solution

We provided access to senior management and industry experts for knowledge transfer and leveraged expertise ranging from asset classes to diversity best practices.