5 Questions
5 Questions With Fiduciary Trust Company CIO Frank Brochin

Frank Brochin recently joined Boston-based as cio of private wealth manager Fiduciary Trust Company, leading the investment department, overseeing investment strategy, strengthening its investment platform on behalf of clients and helping expand investment capabilities. Brochin took the time to answer 5 Questions with FIN News.

06.29.26
People Moves
Midwest Foundation Seeks Finance Head

The foundation affiliated with a Midwestern university is searching for a cfo to spearhead its financial management and help oversee its investment portfolio.

07.01.26
People Moves
West Coast Foundation Seeks Next Finance Director, Treasurer

The foundation is searching for a new director of finance and treasurer after its previous finance head left following nearly a decade of service to join a growth equity firm as client portfolio manager.

07.01.26
People Moves
New England Foundation Appoints Next President

The higher education-affiliated foundation recently appointed its next president and ceo to guide its effort to advance the university’s mission through philanthropy, alumni engagement and investment management.

07.01.26
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Midwest University Wraps Up Investment Consultant Search

The university recently retained its incumbent investment advisory firm after issuing an RFQ earlier this year.

07.01.26
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Credit/Private Debt
New England Pension Approves Private Credit Commitments

The retirement fund made two commitments last month as part of its annual pacing plan.

06.30.26
People Moves
Investment Manager Adds Senior Analyst

The firm added a senior investment analyst to conduct company-level research as well as help construct and curate portfolios within its dividend focus strategy.

06.30.26
In The News
University Endowments Are About to Strike It Big on the SpaceX IPO

SpaceX is among the most widely held investments across colleges and universities, endowment executives say, likely making the rocket company’s coming IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.

Wall Street Journal
Princeton spared from endowment tax, PRINCO executive says, saving hundreds of millions

Princeton will not have to pay any net investment income tax on returns from its $36.4 billion endowment, a University investment official said at a private event in January, after a recent expansion of its undergraduate financial aid program left the University below a 3,000 tuition-paying student threshold to qualify for taxation.

Daily Princetonian
Yale Endowment, Managing $44 Billion, Eyes Korean Stocks Amid 'Value-Up' Push

Officials from Yale University’s endowment, which manages over 65 trillion won ($44 billion) in assets, are set to visit Korea to discuss investments with domestic asset managers. As expectations for a re-rating of Korean equities grow on the back of the government’s corporate value-up initiative and expanding shareholder returns, even global university endowments are now scouting investment opportunities in the country.

Seoul Economic Daily
President’s Annual “State of the University” Letter 2026: From Growth to Focus

Princeton needs to transition from growth to focus because long-term rates of return are steadily declining across university endowments. This decline has been hard to see because returns have been volatile. In other words, returns have not been a steady 8 percent or 10 percent; instead, they have been all over the map.

Princeton University
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