Tag
investment
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OperationsArticleOver 2 years old
Amid Inflation, It’s Time to Review Reserve Policies
While it’s easy to see how rising prices are affecting association budgets, it’s not as obvious how inflation…
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GovernanceArticleOver 2 years old
Three Lessons Learned From a Decade of Reserve Investing Research
Launched in 2012, the annual Study on Nonprofit Investing (SONI) for associations asked organizations about their reserves and…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
How Association Investments Weathered the Pandemic
While 2020 was a tumultuous year, a recent benchmarking report indicates that association leaders remained steady in their…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
How Boards Can Cultivate the Digital Experience
Association teams—especially boards—must ensure that the digital experience provided their customers is nurtured as an asset, according to…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Four Ways Investment Committees Can Be Proactive Post-Pandemic
For the past year and a half, with membership revenues challenged and conferences canceled or scaled back, many…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Venture Capital Fund Looks to Help Associations Boost Revenue-Producing Products
Venture capitalists have long existed in the business world. A new fund is bringing them to the association…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Essentials for Monitoring Your Association’s Investment Portfolio Performance
In 1983, a group of elderly women met in a church basement in Beardstown, Illinois, and decided to…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
How to Decide Your Portfolio’s Cash Allocation During a Pandemic Economy
Over the past 30 years—spanning four bull and bear markets—an allocation to cash as part of a diversified…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
In the Wake of COVID-19, Is It Time to Revisit Investment Norms?
The global pandemic has challenged long-standing assumptions held by many associations, forcing some to adapt their business models…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Will Old Investment Policies Work in a COVID-19 World?
There’s no question that the last several months have been anything but business as usual for most membership…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
How to Use Financial Modeling to Project Future Investment Reserve Balances
It is said that in the summer of 1913 in the small nation of Monaco, a statistically improbable…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How to Manage Your Reserve Fund in the COVID-19 Era
Associations have been managing storms on many fronts these last few weeks, and one of them has been…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
How to Manage Your 401(k) In Today’s Volatile Market
Blaring headlines detailing stock declines may lead some association professionals to worry about their 401(k). Financial experts say…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Data: More Investment in AI
In a global survey from Deloitte, 47 percent of firms said they’ve already invested from $500,000 to $5…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Data Point: More Investment in AI
Early adopters of artificial intelligence are feeling bullish on the new technology, which is being applied in a…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Improvements Are Taking Off at U.S. Airports, As Industry Calls for More Investment
After years of criticism, terminals at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and other major travel hubs are finally getting…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Four Ways the Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Your Association
At the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) September meeting, they agreed to make their second cut of the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Understanding the Visible and Hidden Costs in Your Investment Portfolio
Chances are, you could state-—to the penny—what you paid in occupancy costs last month. Could you do the…
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Members onlyOperationsTemplateOver 5 years old
Reserve Policy Worksheet
A handout from the Study on Nonprofit Investing (SONI) on best practices for developing or reviewing an investment…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Should Associations Rethink Investments in Foreign Stocks?
Approximately 60 percent of the world’s publicly traded companies are based outside the U.S. Yet many association investment…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
How Organizations Can Weather Market Volatility
While associations may be anxious about their investments given the market’s recent ups and downs, experts says such…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Right Investment Strategy for Reserves
What are one or two best practices that associations should adhere to when overseeing investments? First, there needs…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
The Fix: Risk and Reward
Associations have a legal responsibility to ensure that their reserves are invested with care, says Ahmed Farruk, senior…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Why the NFL Players Association Is Investing in Biotech
The players association is participating in a funding round for a startup company that has created an innovative…
