CBIS is a global investment management firm that has been a trusted partner for Catholic institutions and their
consultants for more than four decades. CBIS manages assets for Catholic institutions worldwide, including
dioceses, religious institutes, educational institutions and healthcare organizations. CBIS pioneered Catholic
Responsible InvestmentsSM, an investment management approach designed specifically to help Catholic
institutions pursue their missions by seeking to provide competitive, risk adjusted returns, while remaining faithful
to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Specializing in Catholic Responsible InvestmentsSM, CBIS enables
Catholic institutions to align their investments with their mission by blending Catholic investment screens and
active ownership strategies with institutional investment products.
CBIS was founded in 1981 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers to provide trusted Catholic responsible
investment management services exclusively to Catholic institutions. CBIS operates as a for-profit corporation
and CBIS' shareholders are the three districts of the De La Salle Christian Brothers in the United States and the
Center of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
CBIS is a manager of managers, and our primary objective is to deliver highly competitive risk adjusted returns
in a manner consistent with the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church. CBIS’ investment process
consists of 1) manager identification, 2) portfolio construction, and 3) ongoing due diligence. We seek out
managers with a clearly identified core competency, who demonstrate a credible, repeatable investment process
that has produced superior results over a complete market cycle. We strive to combine managers in order to
diversify alpha sources in seeking to improve risk-adjusted returns. After a manager is hired, we follow a rigorous,
systematic, ongoing monitoring and evaluation process that employs a range of quantitative performance and risk
analytics as well as the qualitative monitoring of the manager’s organizational characteristics, personnel changes
and business development efforts.
CBIS’ services are provided through separately managed accounts (“SMA”), the Catholic Responsible
Investments mutual funds (“CRI Funds”), and CBIS Global Funds (“Global Funds”) UCITS funds, all described
below.
CBIS regularly recommends to investors participation in the CRI Funds.
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS MAGNUS 45/55 FUND Investor Shares: CMNVX
Institutional Shares: CMNSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS MAGNUS 60/40 BETA PLUS FUND Investor Shares:
CMMVX Institutional Shares: CMMSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS MAGNUS 60/40 ALPHA PLUS FUND Investor Shares:
CMPVX Institutional Shares: CMPSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS MAGNUS 75/25 FUND Investor Shares: CMUVX
Institutional Shares: CMUSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS ULTRA SHORT BOND FUND Institutional Shares:
CRHSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS SHORT DURATION BOND FUND Institutional Shares:
CRDSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNISTIC BOND FUND Investor
Shares: CROVX
Institutional Shares: CROSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS BOND FUND Investor Shares: CRBVX Institutional Shares:
CRBSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS EQUITY INDEX FUND Institutional Shares: CRQSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS MULTI-STYLE US EQUITY FUND Investor Shares:
CRTVX Institutional Shares: CRTSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND Investor Shares:
CRLVX Institutional Shares: CRLSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS SMALL-CAP FUND Institutional Shares: CRSSX
• CATHOLIC RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL SMALL-CAP FUND Institutional
Shares: CRNSX
For certain strategic and legacy relationships, CBIS provides guidance concerning the allocation of such investors’
assets among the various investment Funds offered through the CRI Funds and the Global Funds. This advice is
determined by the information obtained from investors and reflects CBIS’ understanding of the investment and
financial circumstances, goals and needs, as well as the risk tolerance, of each particular investor. CBIS does not
receive fees from investors for this allocation advice but does receive fees from the CRI Funds and the Global
Funds in its capacity as investment manager of the CRI Funds and the Global Funds. This may incentivize CBIS
to offer products that are more profitable to CBIS over those that are not. To monitor such advice, CBIS has
established the Asset Allocation Review Committee (“AARC”). The AARC seeks to ensure consistent application
of CBIS’ asset allocation process and rebalancing across the firm.
CBIS Global is an investment company incorporated with limited liability in Ireland and established as an
umbrella fund with segregated liability between Funds pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for
Collective Investment in Transferable Securities - UCITS) Regulations. The Global Funds are offered primarily
to foreign investors.
CBIS monitors investments made by the CRI Funds and the Global Funds to ensure that such investments are
consistent with CBIS' Catholic investment screens, which is a component of CBIS’ Catholic Responsible
InvestmentsSM program, or otherwise meet the social investing criteria established by its clients.
With respect to the client portfolios CBIS manages on a discretionary basis, CBIS generally obtains written
objectives, policies and restrictions from each of its clients regarding said portfolios no later than the date on
which CBIS and the client enter into a Discretionary Investment Advisory Agreement. These objectives, policies
and restrictions may be amended by clients, and CBIS is subject to these written objectives, policies and
restrictions at all times.
CBIS has for some years provided stand-alone Catholic Responsible InvestmentsSM services, including Catholic
Responsible InvestmentsSM guideline development, proxy voting services, and portfolio audits, to a small number
of clients. Fees from these services are negotiable with clients. CBIS no longer actively promotes these services.
As of December 31, 2023, CBIS managed $10,703,367,000 in discretionary assets under management.