Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Southern College Seeks Investment Advisor

The college is seeking an investment advisor to oversee its portfolio, recommend strategies and assist in the selection and execution of investments.

07.01.26
Large-Cap
Michigan Pension Axes Active LCG Manager

The retirement system shifted its active domestic large-cap growth equity mandate to an existing index fund investment.

07.01.26
People Moves
MetLife Investment Mgmt. Appoints Real Estate Equity Head

The appointment represents the firm’s continued investment in its real estate capabilities.

07.01.26
People Moves
CalPERS Promotes For Fixed-Income Role

The plan named a new managing investment director for global fixed-income.

07.01.26
Credit/Private Debt
Midwest Pension Approves Private Credit Allocation

The plan was mulling a 5% target to either private equity or private credit, ultimately approving the latter.

07.01.26
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Industry News
Northwest Plan Searching For HF Investment Analyst

The plan is seeking an investment analyst for its $5.5 billion diversifying strategies portfolio.

07.01.26
Searches And Hires
Midwest University Adds Infrastructure, Equity Managers

The institution and its affiliated foundation added new infrastructure and global equity managers in the first half of 2026.

07.01.26
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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