News
NEPC Adds Former FEG CEO As Principal

Investment consultant NEPC has added FEG Investment Advisors’ former ceo and president to its endowments and foundations practice group as a principal and senior consultant.

10.13.20
Announcements
Endowments’ Countercyclical Approach Boosts Endowment Returns: Report

Endowments typically invest countercyclically by decreasing active risky allocations during the run-up to a crisis, such as the Global Financial Crisis, and then increasing these allocations as risky asset prices fall following the start of a crisis, new research shows.

10.08.20
People Moves
Midwest University Treasurer Departs For Northeastern Institution

The treasurer of a university in the Midwest left the institution last week and will soon join a university in the Northeast as its next treasurer following a search from earlier this year.

10.08.20
Searches And Hires
Texas Health Network Eyes Retirement Plans Consultant

A Texas health network is seeking an investment consultant to provide analysis, advice, direction and general guidance on the fund structure, investment lineup, implementation and administration of its retirement plans.

10.08.20
People Moves
Museum Senior Officer Joins Brown Brothers Harriman As Deputy CIO

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. has hired a deputy cio within its private banking business from a Northeastern museum, the firm announced.

10.08.20
Daily Feed
Southern Plan To Consider Int’l Fixed-Income, High-Yield Mgrs.

A plan in a Southern state will hear replacement options for an international fixed-income manager and high-yield fixed-income manager next month due to performance concerns.

10.08.20
Alternatives
Pandemic Strains University Coffers, But Not Their Venture Funds

College adjacent venture funds look to capitalize on COVID-disrupted economy.

10.01.20
Alternatives
Western Fund Increases Targets To Global Equity, Private Investments As Part Of AA Changes

A Western fund will focus on building out its global equity allocation after increasing it alongside its private investment allocation last week.

10.01.20
Announcements
Private, Community Foundations Produce Best Returns Since 2009: Study

Private and community foundations posted their best returns of the decade in 2019, a year in which “just about everything worked,” according to a new study.

10.01.20
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Western Foundation Exits Small-Cap Growth Investment

A foundation based in the West liquidated an investment with a domestic small-cap equity manager in advance of the firm’s closure.

10.01.20