Asset Study/Review
The university has formed an ad hoc committee to review a petition to divest its endowment from companies financially benefiting from the Israel-Hamas war.
The plan also terminated eight managers as part of a public equity implementation.
The pension plan introduced a 2% target to real estate debt as part of a new asset allocation policy adopted last month.
The plan adopted a new asset allocation last month.
The college decided against student and faculty proposals to divest its endowment from companies supplying military equipment used by Israel in the current campaign in Gaza.
The college is prioritizing making consistent private equity commitments over time so the asset class comprises roughly one-third of its endowment.
The pension system will hear recommendations to add infrastructure and drop commodities, among other changes, at this week’s board meeting.
The increases are a result of a new asset allocation study.
The university has postponed its consideration of divesting its endowment from companies and industries that are implicated in military and police violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
The fund has hired an asset allocation consultant and expects to adopt its asset allocation and investment policy statement during its December board meeting.