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Independent insights for institutional investors <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Enabling institutions to validate their performance and make decisions for the benefit of their stakeholders, most notably pensioners.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Trusted by the world's leading funds<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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We work with over 500 institutional investors across more than 25 countries, from pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to endowments, foundations, and family offices representing more than 100 million pension fund members worldwide.<\/p>

Our relationships span the world’s most influential funds, including leading institutions across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa. On an extended and uninterrupted basis, we have worked with 150 of the 300 largest plans globally.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Objective benchmarking to drive better, data-driven decisions<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Insights shaped by peers facing the same challenges<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Custom research for your most complex, high-stakes decisions<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Questions that bring you to us<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our subscribers are leaders across investment, finance, strategy, and administration \u2014 as well as fiduciaries \u2014 who are committed to improving their institution’s performance in concrete, measurable ways. If that sounds like you, here’s what we help you answer:<\/p>

  1. How does our cost base and performance compare to relevant peers?<\/strong><\/p><\/li>

  2. What is driving our under- or over-performance across different time horizons?<\/strong><\/p><\/li>

  3. What actions can we take to improve?<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ol>

    Nobody is better placed to answer these questions than CEM. We’ve spent over three decades building the world’s most extensive institutional investor database, earning the trust of the world’s leading funds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    What makes our insights different\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    For more than 30 years, institutional investors and pension administrators around the world have voluntarily contributed proprietary data to CEM, creating a benchmarking dataset unmatched in depth, continuity, and reliability. Clients contribute their data through our online surveys, with the process made easier through pre-population and industry-standard templates. Every submission passes multiple levels of screening before entering our databases.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Data contributed directly by participating institutions, covering areas of performance, cost, and operations that are never publicly reported.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Data spans total fund, asset class, and mandate levels for investments, and follows four member journeys across 15 service areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Benchmarking includes front, middle, and back-office functions, providing a complete view of how organizations operate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Standardized definitions enable meaningful comparisons, supported by uninterrupted data collected consistently over multiple decades.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Our subscriptions are designed to meet institutional investors wherever they are in their performance journey, from understanding where they stand, to learning from peers, to uncovering the answers to their most pressing questions. We offer three distinct but complementary product families:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    An annual analysis of an institution\u2019s performance against a curated and highly relevant peer group. Subscriptions are available for:<\/p>

      • Investment performance and cost: <\/strong>For all types of Institutional Investors, including pension funds, superannuation funds, endowments and foundations.<\/li>
      • Administration performance and cost: <\/strong>For pension funds specifically, with separate subscriptions for DB and DC plans.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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        Groups of like-minded leaders at peer institutions meet regularly to discuss market insights, best practices and custom research findings.\u00a0 We have global and regional communities organized around Investments & Operations, Data & Systems and Pension Administration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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        Bespoke efforts that answer industry or fund-level questions through deeper querying of our databases and network. Our dedicated team of researchers produces industry white papers, custom data sets and forecasting tools to answer deeper questions on performance, cost and talent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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        Experiences<\/span> that speak for themselves <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        CEM has been a critical partner for IMCO since our inception. As a global leader in data and insights, CEM provides rigorous, evidence-based analysis that enables our team to make more informed, strategic decisions. The breadth of CEM\u2019s global dataset and access, coupled with their team’s deep industry knowledge, offers us unparalleled context, allowing us to benchmark meaningfully against leading peers worldwide. Equally important to IMCO is CEM\u2019s commitment to service and continuous innovation.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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