In The News
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Reveals Price Of Ousting Toxic Leadership

The leaders ousted for fostering a toxic workplace at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation walked away with tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay, tax filings show, revealing the cost of a scandal that rocked the nation’s largest charitable organization of its kind.

01.17.20
Surveys/Studies
No Visible Evidence Fossil Fuel Divestment Hurts Endowment Performance: Report

The assumption that divestment can hurt the total return of an endowment is based on speculation, according to CJ Ryan, co-author of a recent research paper that found no discernible evidence that divestment of fossil fuels can negatively impact the total return of an endowment’s portfolio.

01.16.20
Industry News
Ivy League Management Company CEO Retiring

The ceo of an Ivy-League management company will retire later this year.

01.16.20
Searches And Hires
Southern Trust Fund Issues Real Estate Debt RFP

A Southern trust fund has issued its RFP seeking a real estate debt manager following its fourth quarter approval.

01.14.20
Searches And Hires
Southern Community College Seeks Non-Discretionary Investment Advisor

A Southern community college has issued an RFP seeking an investment advisor to provide non-discretionary portfolio management services.

01.14.20
In The News
BlackRock Joins Pressure Group Taking On Biggest Polluters

BlackRock, the world’s largest investor, has joined an influential pressure group calling for the biggest polluters to reduce their emissions, after criticisms that it was undermining action addressing the climate crisis.

01.13.20
Searches And Hires
Southern 529 Plan Seeks Firms For LDI Fixed-Income Strategies

A Southern 529 plan is searching for firms to handle active fixed-income strategies within the liability-driven portion of its portfolio.

01.10.20
People Moves
Mid-Atlantic Firm Names Client Portfolio Strategist

A Mid-Atlantic-based firm named a chief portfolio strategist for its outsourced cio team.

01.10.20
In The News
Britain’s Biggest Local Government Pensions Ditch Hedge Funds For Wind Farms

Local government pension schemes in Britain pulled money out of hedge funds last year, shifting cash to infrastructure projects such as wind farms and to private equity, a Reuters analysis of annual reports shows.

01.10.20
In The News
New ETFs Fight To Escape Shadow Of BlackRock, Vanguard

It is becoming increasingly hard to break into the $4.3 trillion market for exchange-traded funds.

01.09.20