Risk
Keeping Endowments Safe From Hackers
Cyberattacks on universities have soared, so university endowments are trying to catch up with other industries to ensure their portfolios are safe.
Tag: Endowments
Alternatives
Dartmouth Endowment Returns 8.4% in Fiscal 2024
The fund rebounds from its 1.6% return in fiscal 2023.
Newsmakers
Rice University Endowment CIO to Step Down
Allison Thacker will step down from the Rice Management Co. on September 30.
Manager Selection
Yale Endowment Launches Incubator Program for New Asset Managers
Applications for the Prospect Fellowship, which aims to help candidates launch new firms, are due October 14.
Newsmakers
Broad Foundation Appoints Greg Outcalt as CIO
He succeeds Katharine Krieger as investment chief of the $2 billion foundation.
Asset Allocation
Active Investing Will Boost Endowment Growth Over Other Institutional Investors, Cerulli Forecasts
A new report projects endowment assets will grow 7.9% over the next five years, compared with 4.7% and 4.2%, respectively, for public and corporate defined benefit plans.
Asset Allocation
Macalester College Endowment to Outsource Investment Management
The school is shuttering its internal investment office and transferring its duties to management firm Investure.
Newsmakers
Nature Conservancy Seeking Head of Strategic Investment Initiatives
The investment executive will work on special projects for the $4 billion endowment.
Pensions
Institutional Asset Owners Returned 1.1% in Q2
Markets slowed in the period, according to the Northern Trust Universe tracking system.
Pensions
UC Investments Reaps Big Returns From Index Fund Shunning Fossil Fuels, Tobacco
Some $1.3 billion of the University of California’s $16 billion fiscal 2024 investment gain came from one S&P 500 index fund.
Newsmakers
Nomination Deadline Extended for 2024 CIO Industry Innovation Awards
Submit nominations by Aug. 21 for asset owners, asset managers and service providers that are changing the industry for the better.
Newsmakers
Kresge Foundation Seeking Investment Director
The Troy, Michigan-based foundation manages $4 billion in assets.
Newsmakers
Johns Hopkins University Seeking New CIO
The successful candidate will oversee $9 billion of endowment and pension assets.
Newsmakers
University of Utah Seeking Director of Investments
The investment chief will oversee the university’s endowments, alongside a yet-to-be-selected OCIO firm.
Newsmakers
Church Commissioners for England Appoints Poppy Allonby as Endowment CIO
Allonby’s appointment as investment chief of the $12.74 billion fund is effective September.