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New England Pension To Issue RFI For Private Markets Emerging Mgr. Program
The state pension fund is considering a private markets emerging manager program and will issue an RFI as it looks to gather further insight into the process.
05.27.26
Investment Advisor Adds MD For Biz Development
The Midwestern advisor hired a managing director, business development to extend awareness regarding the firm’s strategies and services to asset allocators.
05.27.26
West Coast Tribe Searching Discretionary Manager
The tribe is searching for a manager to serve as a discretionary fiduciary and oversee its liquidity, reserve and endowment portfolios.
05.27.26
Smaller Endowments Outperformed Larger Peers Over 10 Year Span: Report
Institutions with less than $250 million in endowment assets generated positive long-term returns in fiscal year 2025 and outperformed the same subset of institutions by 70 basis points or more year-over-year.
05.27.26
Southern University Foundation Seeks Banking, Investment Services Provider
The foundation has issued an RFP seeking a banking services provider to spearhead its cash management with a focus on minimizing transaction costs and maximizing investment income on funds.
05.27.26
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Pennsylvania Nonprofit Seeks Senior Director
The nonprofit is seeking a senior director of investment systems and strategy to oversee its internal, investment data and operations system, including configuring data pertaining to asset allocation, benchmarking and performance reporting.
05.27.26
Midwest University Approves Investments Through Accelerator Fund
The university recently approved up to eight financing agreements with startup companies recently launched from its ecosystem through its accelerator fund.
05.27.26
In The News
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.
Yale Endowment, Managing $44 Billion, Eyes Korean Stocks Amid 'Value-Up' Push
Officials from Yale University’s endowment, which manages over 65 trillion won ($44 billion) in assets, are set to visit Korea to discuss investments with domestic asset managers. As expectations for a re-rating of Korean equities grow on the back of the government’s corporate value-up initiative and expanding shareholder returns, even global university endowments are now scouting investment opportunities in the country.
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.
