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Windy City Pension OKs Equity Manager Searches; To Restart Consultant Search
The retirement fund will reissue a general investment consultant RFP after selecting a new firm for the role last month.
04.10.26
Leeds Equity Partners Closes Latest PE Fund
The fund surpassed its target and predecessor fund with $1.9 billion in total commitments.
04.10.26
Midwest Pension Terminates Int’l Small-Cap Firm
The manager had been placed on watch for performance reasons in the fourth quarter.
04.10.26
Rocky Mountain DC Plan Conducting Large-Cap Value Search
The deferred compensation plan is seeking a domestic large-cap value equity manager to replace its incumbent, which has underperformed.
04.10.26
Midwest Pension Adds Int’l Equity Mgr. To Watch List
The pension plan placed an international equity manager on watch last month.
04.10.26
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Crescent Cove Bolsters Executive Team
The new managing director will lead the firm’s investor relations and fundraising efforts.
04.09.26
UN Issues Investment Consulting Services RFI
The organization’s office of investment management has issued an RFI seeking information on general consulting services to assist in investment managers’ searches and other services.
04.09.26
In The News
President’s Annual “State of the University” Letter 2026: From Growth to Focus
Princeton needs to transition from growth to focus because long-term rates of return are steadily declining across university endowments. This decline has been hard to see because returns have been volatile. In other words, returns have not been a steady 8 percent or 10 percent; instead, they have been all over the map.
Utah endowment’s OCIO contract raises conflict of interest concerns
Cynosure Capital Management, its new outsourced chief investment officer, is founded by members of one of the state’s richest families.
Commonfund Releases 2025 HEPI Report
Data from the annual Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) show that inflation for U.S. colleges and universities rose 3.6 percent in fiscal year 2025, surpassing the 3.4 percent inflation reported in fiscal year 2024.
Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes
The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.