The university will divest its endowment from investment funds that have direct fossil fuel exposure by 2030 after a student activist group occupied an administrative building for 18 days.
The foundation is searching for more diverse-owned managers and impact investment strategies as part of a new strategic plan to eliminate longstanding inequities that have held back many communities.
The foundation is looking to build out its private investments over the coming years after revising its target asset allocation and significantly increasing allocations to several alternative asset classes in fiscal year 2022.
The system will review its relationship with its outsourced cio during its March 31 investment committee meeting and consider either extending the firm’s contract for an additional one-year period or directing staff to initiate an RFP process.