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Midwest State Launches Consultant Search
The state’s treasurer’s office is seeking an investment consultant focused on sustainability practices to advise its combined portfolio totaling nearly $70 billion.
04.15.26
Southern University Adds CFO
The university has hired a cfo to handle all fiscal matters and initiate strategies to enhance its investment management decisions and activities.
04.15.26
Midwest Consortium Selects Venture Consultants
A consortium promoting life-science start-up companies in the Midwest has partnered with two consultants to develop an angel investor education program to conclude its search from early 2025.
04.15.26
Healthcare Organization Seeks Public Markets Investment Analyst
The organization is searching for a senior investment analyst to focus on public market assets, including qualitative and quantitative analysis of its equity, diversifying strategies and fixed-income asset classes.
04.15.26
Washington D.C. Foundation Issues Investment Consultant RFP
The firm is seeking a mission aligned investment consultant to provide investment management and advisory services for its portfolio of cash and investments.
04.15.26
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Mid-Atlantic Program Hires Record Keeper
The program hired a firm to provide administration, record keeping and responsive customer service for its portfolio after launching a search in late 2024.
04.15.26
Southern College Issues Investment Advisory RFP
The university is seeking a firm to provide investment advisory services for its endowment and public funds as well as advisory services related to capital project financing.
04.15.26
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.