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Portfolio Construction Insights
The Challenge of Complacency
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Capital markets appear to have stabilized and improved, but complacent investors may overlook ongoing challenges.
Sustainable Investing
Socially beneficial and notably efficient: Fruits of Employment program
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Nuveen’s Fruits of Employment (FoE) initiative gives individuals with disabilities access to competitive employment across four custom-farmed properties in California, Oregon and Washington. The initiative trains and employs workers with disabilities in the same job functions as other employees – an important effort considering that in the U.S. only 41% of people with disabilities are employed, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
As of March 2019, the program had 34 active workers, many of whom have worked on the farms since the start of the initiative in 2009. For a third of these employees, it was their first time having a job. The FoE program offers many benefits to farm managers, namely stable employment: unlike guest workers who are in the U.S. mainly during harvesting season, FoE workers are employed year round, helping to reduce labor shortages.
Overall, Nuveen’s Fruits of Employment initiative provides mutually beneficial outcomes for both farmland employers and employees, through the promotion of inclusive employment and decent work for all. Watch the video to explore the Fruits of Employment program, and to learn more about Nuveen’s progress in achieving numerous sustainability goals across our global farmland assets, view our latest Farmland Sustainability Report.
Active/Passive Management
Our Latest Research On Active Versus Passive Asset Management
As you are likely well aware, the debate regarding active versus passive investing has existed for a while. And recently, headlines seem to increasingly indicate that active investing has run its course – most managers are failing to meet their benchmarks.
Sustainable Investing
Community Investing: How To Invest In The Underserved
Community investing presents a strong opportunity for direct, meaningful, and measurable impact for an investor – and can often serve as a low-risk, high-impact component of an investment portfolio – delivering social benefit alongside financial return.
Retirement
Helping Millennial Women Close the Retirement Savings Gap
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Recent data show that the retirement savings of millennial and baby boomer women continue to lag behind their male peers.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Asset Allocation Viewpoints
Access the latest thinking from T. Rowe Price's Asset Allocation Committee, comprised of some of our most senior investment professionals, so you have more actionable conversations with clients and gain insight into what’s resonating with other intermediaries.
Sustainable Investing
Gender-Lens Investing: How to Invest to Advocate for Women
Female representation at senior levels of corporate leadership has experienced little change, despite increased workforce participation.