eVestment spoke to a representative from the pension management team of one of the top ten largest corporate pensions in Germany. The purpose was to discuss how they utilise eVestment. This case study provides an example of the rigorous initial due diligence institutional investors conduct through our platform and the importance of managers submitting complete and accurate data. eVestment: When you are looking for new managers, what data do you focus your research on? Client: As we are a benchmark-oriented investor we start our research based on a strategy’s preferred benchmark. Qualitatively we also look at a strategy’s inception date, investment process, and personnel details. Quantitatively we review excess returns (1, 3 and 5 years), product total AUM, informat

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