Asset Management Culture
Bard Is Driving Toward a $1 Billion Endowment with Soros Donation
The college must match the philanthropist’s $500 million donation within five years, and it’s already halfway there.
Tag: Financial Endowment
Asset Management Culture
Rockefeller University Names Paula Volent New CIO
She joins the biomedical research institution from Bowdoin College and succeeds CIO Amy Falls, who’s moving to Northwestern.
Shop Talk
Amy Falls: What’s Next for the Northwestern Endowment?
William McLean’s successor to the $12 billion fund has carefully built a successful track record over her decades-long career.
Corporate Moves
Northwestern Names Amy Falls New VP and CIO
She will be the first woman to oversee the $12.2 billion endowment.
Asset Allocation
Endowments Should Hold on to Value Assets, NEPC Says
Growth assets and strong manager selection have helped endowments outperform this year.
Asset Management Culture
Why Smith College Is Moving Its Endowment In-House
The $2 billion fund, now in the market for its first CIO, decided it’s big enough to shift asset management internally.
Asset Management Culture
University Endowments Urged to Hold on to Private Commitments
For allocators, keeping a long-term investment horizon in the face of immediate challenges is key, NEPC says.
Asset Management Culture
Yale’s Swensen to Asset Managers: Hire More Women and Minorities
The decision to track investment firms’ progress would have a ‘seismic’ shift in the industry.
Corporate Moves
Tulane Investment Chief Jeremy Crigler to Retire
Richard Chau and Julia Mord will take over as interim CIO and interim deputy CIO, respectively, to manage the fund’s $1.4 billion portfolio.
Shop Talk
Should Universities Spend More From Their Endowments?
It’s the first question during a crisis. Given unprecedented disruption, some schools are starting to increase payouts from their troves.
Asset Management Culture
Harvard Says It’s Not Planning Layoffs, But Offers Early Retirement Packages
Other cost-saving proposals at endowment champ: voluntarily reduce vacation time or work hours.
Risk
Georgetown University Student Demands Tuition Refund for COVID Losses
The school has reaped ‘millions of dollars’ in tuition fees after switching to online classes, despite boasting a $1.8 billion endowment, suit says.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
After Turning Down Stimulus, Northwestern Taps Endowment
The university will draw from its investments, furlough employees, and cut retirement contributions.
Asset Management Culture
Too Rich to Need It? Top Colleges Back Away from US Virus Money
Harvard, Penn, Yale act after Trump administration says subsidies should go to less wealthy institutions.
Asset Management Culture
At Ivy League Endowments, Performance Dragged Down by Managers’ Picks
Private equity had a good year, but individual selections of stocks and other assets hobbled overall showing, report says.