U.S. Institutional

Understand what’s driving change among defined benefit, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and investment consultants.

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Practice Detail

Cerulli’s Institutional practice provides comprehensive analysis of the U.S. institutional asset management industry, covering trends in defined benefit, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, healthcare organizations, and investment consultants. Areas of focus include: outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO), use of alternatives, asset allocation trends and risk-factor approaches, request for proposal (RFP) teams, investment vehicle use, investment consulting and other third-party database teams, institutional use of multi-asset-class solutions, and emerging investment strategy trends.

Publications

  • Annual report
  • The Cerulli Edge

Our Experts

Meet the Team

Whether analyzing product fees to determine appropriate pricing models, consolidation opportunities, regional expansion, or service model changes, Cerulli’s Institutional team provides distinct insight to base well-grounded business decisions.

Michele Giuditta, CFA

Michele Giuditta, CFA

Director

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Michele Giuditta, CFA

Michele Giuditta, CFA

Director

Michele is a director of the Institutional practice and leads research for annual reports and strategic consulting engagements. She specializes in environmental, social, and governance investing and outsourced CIO research.

Prior to joining Cerulli Associates, Michele worked at Cambridge Associates as an Associate Director in the Client Relationship Management Group. Additionally, she worked at Manulife Asset Management in the Institutional Investment Sales & Services Group, and held roles in Product Management and Client Relationship Management. She began her career as an analyst in the Investment Policy & Research Group at John Hancock.

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Laura Levesque, CFA

Laura Levesque, CFA

Director

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Laura Levesque, CFA

Laura Levesque, CFA

Director

Laura has over 15 years of institutional investment management industry experience. She is a member of the Institutional practice, where she leads research for two annual reports. Her focuses are institutional investment solutions including OCIO, and sales and services models. Her experience and knowledge of the institutional asset management space provide a directional framework to ongoing consulting projects. She also regularly contributes to The Cerulli Edge series.

Prior to joining Cerulli Associates, Laura held equity research, product, and analytics roles at Columbia Threadneedle and MFS Investment Management. She is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society Boston.

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Gloria Pais

Gloria Pais

Analyst

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Gloria Pais

Gloria Pais

Analyst

Gloria supports the firm’s institutional research efforts, assisting with data processing, analysis, and survey administration. She contributes to the production of multiple reports, as well as The Cerulli Edge—Institutional Edition. She supports the firm’s consulting efforts, advising clients on strategic initiatives and equipping them with tools needed to navigate the institutional asset management space. Gloria is currently a candidate for the CFA® Certificate in ESG Investing .

Gloria graduated from Salem State University with a degree in finance, where she worked on various strategic management team research reports focusing on conducting strategic group analysis and industry driving forces analysis.

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Dhiego Ramalho

Dhiego Ramalho

Research Analyst

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Dhiego Ramalho

Dhiego Ramalho

Research Analyst

As an analyst on the Institutional team, Dhiego coordinates, executes, and benchmarks surveys covering a variety of topics, including environmental, social, and governance, health and hospital systems, and insurance general accounts. He also assists the team in building exhibits and providing commentary.

Prior to joining Cerulli, Dhiego was a Cost Estimator at UG2, where he worked closely with the business development team to calculate the most competitive and efficient costs in response to RFPs and developed winning strategies alongside senior management to gain new business and grow existing partnerships.

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Christopher Swansey

Christopher Swansey

Associate Director

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Christopher Swansey

Christopher Swansey

Associate Director

Christopher is an associate director on the Institutional team where he supports multiple reports annually, including the annual outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) report, and various strategic consulting projects throughout the year. He also regularly contributes to The Cerulli Edge—Institutional Edition, The Cerulli Edge—U.S. Edition, and The Cerulli Edge—U.S. Monthly Product Trends.

Christopher was a Senior Analyst at Mercer working within their executive compensation practice before joining Cerulli in 2018.

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James Tamposi, CFA

James Tamposi, CFA

Associate Director

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James Tamposi, CFA

James Tamposi, CFA

Associate Director

James (Jack) is the lead author of Cerulli’s North American Institutional Markets report and sets the agenda for The Cerulli Edge—U.S. Institutional Edition. Jack has led U.S. market entry strategy and U.S. institutional pricing optimization projects, supporting both foreign and domestic asset managers. During his time at Cerulli, he has contributed to reports across Cerulli’s suite of institutional research, focusing on topics such as insurance general accounts, outsourced chief investment officers, alternative investments, and U.S. subadvisory.

Prior to joining Cerulli, Jack worked as a Research Associate for Chatham Partners.

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Agnes Ugoji

Agnes Ugoji

Analyst

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Agnes Ugoji

Agnes Ugoji

Analyst

Agnes is a member of Cerulli's Institutional team. As an analyst, she assists with data processing, analysis, and survey administration. She contributes to the production of the Institutional Sales and Marketing report as well as The Cerulli Edge—Institutional Edition.

Prior to joining Cerulli, Agnes interned at Loomis Sayles & Company and completed a fellowship with the Dartmouth College Investment Office. During the pandemic, she contributed to COVID-19 research and data production for the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and the International Organization for Migration.

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