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Illinois Pension Plots Alternatives Searches
The plan has lined up 2026 searches for real assets, real estate and private credit managers.
12.12.25
Generali, Natixis IM Call Off Joint Venture
Generali Investments Holding and Natixis Investment Managers have ended negotiations to combine to create a joint firm with roughly $1.9 trillion in assets under management.
12.12.25
Northeast State Deferred Comp Plan Approves Two RFPs
The plan will put more than $14 billion out for bid.
12.12.25
Midwest Pension Narrows Smid-Cap Equity Search
The retirement system will interview three finalists at its February investment committee meeting.
12.12.25
Rocky Mountain 457 Replaces EME Manager
The plan’s emerging markets large-cap core equity manager had been on watch due to underperformance.
12.12.25
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Northeast State Seeking DC Plan Program Services
The state launched a similar search for services late last year.
12.11.25
Northeast Pension Hires New Small-Cap Growth Manager
The pension system hired a new manager after closed session deliberations at a meeting this week.
12.11.25
In The News
Commonfund Releases 2025 HEPI Report
Data from the annual Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) show that inflation for U.S. colleges and universities rose 3.6 percent in fiscal year 2025, surpassing the 3.4 percent inflation reported in fiscal year 2024.
Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes
The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.
The Long Game: Stanford Endowment CEO Robert Wallace on Discipline, Diversification, and Daring Greatly
Wallace reflects on the lessons of rebalancing the portfolio amidst collapsing markets during March 2020, the challenge of scaling alternative strategies at $50 billion, and why the rise of passive investing may paradoxically create opportunities for fundamental investors. He draws on wisdom from his mentor David Swensen’s emphasis on first-principles thinking, the importance of relationships as well as rigorous quantitative work, and the courage required to stand alone when your analysis demands it.
Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder.
Nearly a decade after promising to withdraw millions in fossil fuel investments, the University of Massachusetts has stalled on its clean energy transition. What happened?