CIO Summit Lures Best in Class
Top CIOs, asset managers pack the Harvard Club for the eighth annual CIO Summit.
The CIO will manage the liberal arts school’s endowment of nearly $800 million.
Assets grew by more than $10 billion in the last two years, with the bulk committed to private debt, found the Global Impacting Investing Network.
Walker will be leaving the $7.5 billion endowment by the end of the year, while the university searches for her successor.
Declining returns and current market conditions have some questioning the infallibility of the endowment model—pioneered and perfected by David Swensen—and looking to reinvent.