The university made several re-up and add-on commitments with existing developed equity, hedge fund and private equity managers within its portfolio during the third quarter.
The university is conducting a national search for v.p. of finance and administration and treasurer to oversee its finances and investments as its previous finance head retired.
The university named a new associate director of investments focused on private equity during the third quarter following a search launched in early 2025.
The impact investment platform has hired a managing director and head of public markets as well as a managing director and head of private markets from a Western retirement system and investment advisor, respectively.
Many endowments, foundations and their allocators point to relatively small or medium-size private equity buyout and early-stage venture capital for returns that outpace the public markets, while private real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private debt, especially asset-based lending look like strong portfolio diversifiers in this year’s mercurial environment.
The firm, which serves nonprofits and other investors, has promoted seven team members into its senior leadership team, including three partners and four managing directors.