Market Moves
New ETF Portends Bitcoin Reaching $160,000, Says Strategist Tom Lee
The top cryptocurrency has had a fresh growth spurt, as news of the new fund spreads.
Tag: Yale
Asset Allocation
Richard Nixon Is the Father of Cryptocurrency, Says BTIG
The 37th president planted the seeds that grew into Bitcoin and its ilk today, the investment house explains.
Corporate Moves
Yale Chooses CIO from Within
Venture capital director Matthew S. T. Mendelsohn has been tapped to lead the $31.2 billion endowment.
Asset Allocation
Some Institutions Call Crypto Rat Poison, but Others Are Buying the Currency
Bitcoin bolster: Asset allocators seem to be fueling digital money’s recovery from its recent crash.
Commodities Rise: New Supercycle or Just a Temporary Blip?
Many institutions, wary of the asset class’s notorious volatility, keep their exposure low despite raw material price climbs.
Asset Management Culture
David Swensen, Yale’s Iconic Endowment Chief, Dies at 67
He pioneered the push into alternative assets, now popular among institutional investors.
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.
Growing Number of Pension Funds, Endowments, Foundations Adding Bitcoin to Portfolios
The digital asset is gaining more acceptance among institutional investors.
Alternatives
Bitcoin Will Never Be Real Money, Says UBS, Because It’s Too Volatile
Cryptocurrency isn’t a stable source of value, so people can’t depend on it, the bank’s top economist charges.
Alternatives
Bitcoin Could Replace Gold as a Refuge, BlackRock Says
The yellow metal now is in a funk, as the cryptocurrency keeps gaining.
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.
Why Wild and Crazy Bitcoin May Become a Pension Portfolio Fixture
Retirement funds and other institutions are gradually warming to cryptocurrencies.
How Did Alts, a Jumble of Different Things, Get So Popular?
In a time of LDI and other de-risking, they seem less risky than stocks, yet offer decent returns.
Newsmakers
Harvard, Penn Endowments Return 6.5% Each, Duke Returns 6.9%
Endowments facing ‘economic headwinds’ in 2019.