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Southern Group Issues Investment Management RFP
The group has issued an RFP seeking a firm to provide investment management services for up to three of its portfolios in a cost-efficient manner.
01.13.26
Ohio City Posts Investment Advisor RFQ
The city previously rehired Meeder Public Funds to provide the services in 2022.
01.14.26
Northeast Pension Taps New Investment Consultant
The retirement fund received three proposals in response to an RFP issued in May 2024.
01.14.26
West Coast 457 Plan Seeking Investment Advisor
The city has launched an RFP seeking investment advisory services for its deferred compensation investment portfolio.
01.13.26
Illinois Pension Slates Open-End Infrastructure RFP
The retirement fund intends to allocate at least $200 million to open-ended, diversified core and core-plus infrastructure equity funds.
01.13.26
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Coller Raises $17B For Global PE Secondaries Platform
The firm has closed its “largest ever fund.”
01.13.26
Midwest Foundation Promotes Director To MD
The foundation promoted its investment director focused on public markets as managing director for private markets to handle its portfolio spanning buyout, growth, venture capital, private credit, special situations and private real assets investments.
01.13.26
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.