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5 Questions With Mendocino County Employees Retirement Association Financial Investment Officer Robert Reveles
Robert Reveles serves as financial investment officer of the $832.6 million Mendocino County (Calif.) Employees Retirement Association after originally joining the plan in 2019.
01.29.26
Tree Line Closes Fourth Flagship Private Credit Fund
The direct lending firm exceeded its target for Tree Line Direct Lending IV.
01.29.26
BlackRock, Partners Group Launch Private Markets SMA
The firms have created a separately managed account that allows financial advisors to allocate to private equity, private credit and real assets.
01.29.26
Wisconsin Makes Private Markets Commitments
The pension plan disclosed commitments totaling $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter.
01.29.26
Midwest Pension Plan Bolsters Credit, Private Markets Portfolios
The pension plan committed up to $65 million total to private credit and private markets managers yesterday.
01.29.26
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Northeast Pension Names Global Equity Finalists
The three firms will vie for a $25 million mandate next month.
01.29.26
Illinois Pension Launches PE Large Market Buyout Search
The request for expressions of interest has been launched to keep pace with plans to build out the investment fund’s private equity portfolio.
01.29.26
In The News
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.
The Long Game: Stanford Endowment CEO Robert Wallace on Discipline, Diversification, and Daring Greatly
Wallace reflects on the lessons of rebalancing the portfolio amidst collapsing markets during March 2020, the challenge of scaling alternative strategies at $50 billion, and why the rise of passive investing may paradoxically create opportunities for fundamental investors. He draws on wisdom from his mentor David Swensen’s emphasis on first-principles thinking, the importance of relationships as well as rigorous quantitative work, and the courage required to stand alone when your analysis demands it.
RFP: Emerging Manager Equity Products, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois
The State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS) is requesting proposals from qualified