Domestic Equity
New England Pension Seeking U.S. Small-Cap, Mid-Cap Mgrs.

The retirement system has issued three domestic equity manager RFPs.

07.23.26
People Moves
Lazard Appoints Two Senior Leaders

The new appointments will advance strategic growth and platform innovation.

07.27.26
Non-U.S. & Global Equity
Mid-Atlantic Pension Eliminates Int’l Small-Cap Allocation

The retirement system’s international small-cap portfolio consisted of a $57.8 million core mandate with Global Alpha Capital Management.

07.27.26
Credit/Private Debt
West Coast Plan Approves Private Credit Commitments

The commitments were made to two existing managers.

07.27.26
Industry News
PGIM To Acquire Remaining Stake In Deerpath

PGIM initially acquired a 75% stake in Deerpath Capital Management three years ago.

07.27.26
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People Moves
AllianzGI Loses PE Director

The director had been with Allianz Global Investors for 10 years.

07.27.26
Small- to Mid-Cap
Southeast Pension Replaces Smid-Cap Core Manager

The retirement system hired a new domestic small-to mid-cap core equity manager in the second quarter.

07.27.26
In The News
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
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.

Seoul Economic Daily
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.

Princeton University
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