Real Estate
Texas Pension Launches Non-Core RE Search

The search will have a particular focus on European and global funds to increase the pension fund’s exposure outside of the U.S.

09.28.26
Private Equity
Princeton Equity Group Raises Fund III

The oversubscribed fund surpassed its $875 million target.

09.29.26
People Moves
Hamilton Lane Co-Chair To Retire

Mario Giannini, executive co-chair of private markets firm Hamilton Lane, will retire next year.

09.29.26
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
West Coast Agencies Seeking Advisor

The agencies have issued an RFP seeking investment advisory services for a combined portfolio valued at approximately $1.8 billion.

09.29.26
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Texas Authority Posts Investment Advisor RFP

The authority is seeking a firm to provide investment policy review and compliance support, among other services.

09.29.26
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Asset Study/Review
Northeast Pension Eyes Asset Allocation Tweaks

The retirement system also voted to recommend the liquidation of an international small-cap equity manager at today’s investment committee meeting.

09.29.26
Credit/Private Debt
Southern Pension Increases Private Debt Target

The plan also eliminated its target to TIPS as part of an overall asset allocation change.

09.29.26
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.

Harvard Crimson
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.’

Wall Street Journal
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.

Wall Street Journal
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.

Daily Princetonian
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