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Southern Trust Approves Searches To Replace Two Managers
The fund approved conducting a search for a U.S. small-cap value equity manager and an international growth equity manager to replace two existing firms within its portfolio due to a decline in strategy assets.
08.26.26
New England University Adds Assistant Investments Director
The individual joined the university from a nearby investment consulting firm.
08.31.26
Ninety One Hires Inst'l Head Focused On Midwest
The new hire will develop and deepen relationships with institutional investors and consultants across the region while also overseeing strategic relationships across the U.S.
08.31.26
Midwest Pension Adds Investment Officer
The investment officer spent the past eight years with the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
08.31.26
Indiana Searching For Senior Analyst
The plan is looking to expand the team managing its absolute return hedge fund portfolio.
08.28.26
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Mid-Atlantic County Schools DC Plans Seeking Record Keeper
The district is seeking to “consolidate providers by implementing a single vendor or a dual vendor solution.”
08.28.26
Northeast Pension Terminates Equity Managers
The retirement fund also disclosed commitments totaling roughly $1.7 billion in June.
08.28.26
In The News
The Struggling Colleges Raiding Their Endowments to Pay the Bills
It’s the last resort for institutions on the brink: tapping restricted funds from donors to keep the lights on. ‘The money they donated is not being used for what they gave it for.’
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.
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.
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.