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Against Consensus Podcast: Author & Advisor Chris Schelling On AI, Defense Tech & Democratizing Private Markets
On this episode of Against Consensus, host Angelo Calvello, PhD, sits down with Chris Schelling, most recently managing director on the Pan-Alts team at Aksia.
08.25.26
New England Pension Names Large-Cap Equity Finalists
The plan also retained two incumbent managers in its large-cap search.
08.25.26
West Coast Pension Taps Search Firm For CIO Recruitment
The plan’s former cio had served in the role since 2012.
08.25.26
Northeast Pension Issues Passive Fixed-Income RFPs
The pension fund has issued a pair of passive core and high-yield fixed-income manager RFPs.
08.25.26
Pacific Northwest Program Seeking Admin., Investment Mgmt. Services
The program, which will fully launch next year, has begun a search for administration and investment management services.
08.25.26
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Colo. Water Pension Adds Int’l Equity Manager
The plan also made a private equity commitment in June.
08.25.26
Michigan Pension Axes Int’l Small-Cap Firm
The plan agreed to a consultant recommendation to terminate an underperforming international small-cap equity manager this week.
08.25.26
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.