Bonafede: Pension funds move like icebergs, taking years to adopt ideas
Julia Bonafede · Julia Bonafede – Rosetta Analytics (Manager Meetings, EP.04) · Jul 29, 2021 · at 19:28
Julia Bonafede, co-founder of Rosetta Analytics and former head of institutional consulting at Wilshire Associates, discusses institutional client decision-making timelines.
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“Pension funds work like icebergs. Okay, so you might start the concept and then many years later you might get to where you actually get movement. And so understanding that you can't have instantaneous decisions and outcomes with clients, especially clients that have boards and governance processes that have to go through a certain cycle of decision making.”
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