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West Coast State Trust Issues RFP
A trust overseeing community and technical colleges in the State of Washington is looking for a consultant to advise on its retirement plans portfolio.
09.30.26
West Coast Pension Discloses Private Markets Commitments
The retirement association disclosed $60 million in private markets commitments following closed session deliberations.
10.01.26
Abry Partners Names Capital Strategy, Investor Relations Head
The new hire will lead the firm’s investor relations function and help shape its broader capital strategy across its investment platforms.
10.01.26
Northeast Pension Terminates Int’l Equity Manager
The retirement fund also disclosed commitments totaling roughly $1.2 billion in July and August.
10.01.26
Audax Private Debt Closes Third Direct Lending Fund
Audax Private Debt has closed its third direct lending fund, representing the largest in the firm’s history.
10.01.26
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New England Pension Terminates Small-Cap Equity Mgr.
There are no plans for a replacement search at this time.
10.01.26
Ares Raises Global Structured Solutions Strategy
The final fund close exceeded the firm’s $1 billion target.
10.01.26
In The News
Oil, Lawsuits, AI: Inside Harvard’s Increasingly Opaque $57 Billion Endowment
A Harvard Crimson analysis of nearly 3,400 tax records traced Harvard’s endowment through a sprawling network of outside funds, revealing investments tied to fossil fuels, litigation finance, private companies, catastrophe risk, and more.
The Struggling Colleges Raiding Their Endowments to Pay the Bills
It’s the last resort for institutions on the brink: tapping restricted funds from donors to keep the lights on. ‘The money they donated is not being used for what they gave it for.’
University Endowments Are About to Strike It Big on the SpaceX IPO
SpaceX is among the most widely held investments across colleges and universities, endowment executives say, likely making the rocket company’s coming IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.
Princeton spared from endowment tax, PRINCO executive says, saving hundreds of millions
Princeton will not have to pay any net investment income tax on returns from its $36.4 billion endowment, a University investment official said at a private event in January, after a recent expansion of its undergraduate financial aid program left the University below a 3,000 tuition-paying student threshold to qualify for taxation.
