Trends
Performance-based compensation continues to be a key component of pay for investment staff at private foundations and university endowments, according to a recent study.
Foundations and endowments need to eliminate biases in their governance and investment processes to unlock more opportunities for women and minority investment managers.
Diversity and documentation represent two key factors for foundations looking to build out or fill seats on their investment committees and boards.
Foundations and endowments may be their own worst enemy when it comes to investing in private equity and hedge funds.
Outperformance from larger foundations does not in itself make them better or even much different investors than their smaller peers, according to a recent study.
Mark Titzer joined Dominican University as its v.p. for finance in May 2017 with an extensive to-do list from financial strategy and budgeting to rebidding all of its contracts and services. As more pressing day-to-day tasks and operational matters came across his desk, the task of rebidding contracts seemed to be falling down the pecking order like the stock market after an interest rate hike.
Negative 2018 investment returns as well as mixed spending and gift giving percentages present challenges for foundations, according to a recent study.
Progress on sustainable investment solutions across the economy has been significant but there is still room for sustainability to grow as a meaningful part of the capital markets, a recent report shows.
Foundations continue to shy away from alternative asset classes and have reduced spending in light of lower expected returns, according to a recent study from an investment consulting firm.
Healthcare systems have worked to reduce their exposure to alternatives on the heels of the volatility that impacted the market in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a recent survey from an investment consulting firm.