Cautious optimism for Europe and the US economies, criticism of US politics, and sparring over financial regulation are themes emerging at the on-going World Economic Forum.
Frontier investors--located in cities outside of the major international financial centers--are re-taking responsibility of the end-to-end management of their assets, according to two university professors.
University endowments around the country--both big and small--are pondering the role of fossil fuel investments in their portfolios, and endowments' social responsibilities more broadly.
Advisers to the struggling Endowment Fund have removed Mark Yusko and temporarily closed the fund to new investments, appointing former Texas Teachers deputy Lee Partridge as CIO.
An academic theory predicting a downward trend of car-use globally is causing some in the infrastructure investing industry to ponder the future of the asset class.
Alternative investments are all the rage among university endowments, and an academic paper aims to understand the factors at play motivating this shift.