Fixed-Income
New England Pension Begins Global Fixed-Income Search

The retirement system last conducted a similar search in 2019 due to regulatory requirements.

07.07.26
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Western Water District Rehires Investment Advisor

The district issued an RFP in April due to the incumbent’s contract expiration.

07.07.26
People Moves
Midwest Pension Senior Portfolio Manager Retires

The senior portfolio manager had been with the pension plan for 29 years.

07.07.26
People Moves
William Blair Appoints Chief Investment Strategist

William Blair Investment Management has appointed Olga Bitel as chief investment strategist.

07.07.26
Administrator/Record Keeper
Mountain West 457 Plan Posts Record Keeper RFP

The search is being conducted due to the upcoming contract expiration of its incumbent provider.

07.07.26
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People Moves
New England Pension Names New Executive Director

The retirement system selected a new executive director following the resignation of its former director.

07.07.26
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Rocky Mountain Plan Hires Outsourced CIO

The retirement plan had worked with general investment consultant NEPC since 2023.

07.06.26
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.

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