Allocators Increase ETF Use to Diversify Exposures
While not a driver of growth in exchange-traded funds, institutional investors have found new use cases for the investment vehicles.
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Institutional Investors Begin to Embrace ETFs
Once used for cash or transition management, exchange-traded funds are taking a bigger role in institutional portfolios.
Bowdoin College Endowment Returns 15.3% in Fiscal 2025
The institution’s assets rose to $2.9 billion at the end of June, and its long-term returns rank among the top 1% of university endowments.
NBIM Returns 5.8% in Q3, Driven by Materials, Telecom, Financials
Assets of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund rose to more than $2 trillion.
Most Digital Investors Plan to Include Stablecoins
Investors’ take-up of the developing type of cryptocurrency is expected to increase, according to research from stablecoin platform Brava Finance.
Cornell Endowment Returns 12.3% in Fiscal 2025, Second Among Ivies
Assets of the Ithaca, New York-based university rose to $11.8 billion at the end of June.
UK Universities Seed Fossil-Free Investment Fund With More Than $670M
A coalition of 79 institutions of higher education includes both Cambridge and Oxford.
Canada Growth Fund Backs Ontario Nuclear Reactor Project
The Building Ontario Fund and PSP Investments’ CGF will provide a combined $2.15 billion to build four small modular reactors.
Yale Endowment Returns 11.1% in Fiscal 2025, Tempered by Buyouts, Real Estate
The institution’s assets rose to $41.4 billion, while it distributed $2.1 billion for operating expenses.
Led by Global Equities, Columbia Endowment Gains 12.4% in Fiscal 2025
But the university’s finances ‘experienced a major destabilizing event’ with the termination of hundreds of federal grants.
Princeton Endowment Returns 11% in Fiscal 2025
Assets managed by the Princeton University Investment Co. rose to $36.4 billion.
Dartmouth Endowment Returns 10.8% in Fiscal 2025
Assets of the fund, which distributed $453 million to college operations in the year, rose to $9 billion at the end of June.
After ‘Very Long Winter,’ Emerging Markets May Finally Be Living Up to Their Potential
Analysts and consultants concur that EM public assets represent an attractive opportunity, particularly in comparison to opportunities in the US.
IFM Investors, Nest Complete First UK Investments
The allocations come from a Nest-seeded global infrastructure debt fund that IFM is managing.
Brown University Endowment Returns 11.9% in Fiscal 2025
The assets of the fund rose to $8 billion at the end of June.