The firm has hired the former managing director and head of BlackRock’s outsourced cio and central family office to serve as its head of distribution, marketing and client service, where they are responsible for enhancing messaging, expanding distribution channels and marketing initiatives.
The fund will look to commit more than $300 million across private equity and private credit this year as part of the pacing plan to reach its target allocations by the end of the decade.
The fund-of-funds made a commitment to an investment vehicle targeting start-ups in Southern Wisconsin, where Microsoft plans to make a $3.3 billion investment in cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The firm has hired a senior portfolio manager to focus on its Latin American reforestation strategy as well as conservation strategies across its global portfolio.
The investment analyst assists with due diligence of prospective or current investment managers, provides investment analysis and monitors performance, among other responsibilities.
The university has hired an alumnus to join its investment team as a managing director tasked with designing, sourcing and maintaining a portfolio of alternative investments.
The role had been filled by an investment team member that left last year to join a global private markets manager as a partner focused on primary investments.
The university added a new global public equity investment and a private equity commitment with existing managers within its endowment in the fourth quarter.