Asset Allocation
Endowment Index Ends Second Straight Year at Record High
Despite 10.14% rise during 2020, the index still underperformed a 60/40 stock-bond portfolio.
Tag: Ivy League
Pensions
Why Brown Is Beating the Other Ivies
Markov Processes analyzes how Brown has managed to outperform its rivals in recent years.
Asset Management Culture
Ivy League Endowments Underperform 60-40 Portfolio Again
Average university returns fall short of a passive portfolio over one- and 10-year periods.
Asset Allocation
Stanford, Princeton Endowments Return 5.6% Each in 2020
The New Jersey school ends the year among the bottom half of Ivy League endowments.
Asset Management Culture
Harvard Endowment CEO Goes from ‘Not Pleased’ to ‘Proud’
Three years into his five-year transition plan, Narv Narvekar says the ‘signs are encouraging.’
Asset Management Culture
Penn, Cornell Lag Behind Other Ivy League Endowments
The Pennsylvania and New York schools returned 3.4% and 1.9%, respectively, in 2020.
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.
Risk
Princeton, Columbia Endowments Return 6.2%, 3.8%
Investment portfolios for both return less than half as much as last year.
Newsmakers
Harvard, Penn Endowments Return 6.5% Each, Duke Returns 6.9%
Endowments facing ‘economic headwinds’ in 2019.
Ivy League Endowments Lag 60-40 Portfolio
None of the elite universities’ endowments beat a 60-40 portfolio over the past decade.
Risk
Columbia Endowment Reports 9.0% Return for 2018
Investment gains were lowest among any Ivy League endowment.
Research
Ivy Endowments Have Topsy-Turvy Year in Fiscal 2017
Data shows Ivy League endowments are increasing their focus on private investments.