Alternatives
Chicago Pension Posts Private Equity, Private Credit RFP

The plan is seeking private equity and private credit strategies for a projected mandate of $20 million to $25 million.

06.12.26
Private Equity
Calif. County Makes Private Equity Hire

The plan also made slight adjustments to its asset allocation at its meeting this week.

06.12.26
International / Global / Emerging Markets
Northeast Pension Mulling Int’l Equity Mgr. Replacement

The pension fund’s board reviewed an international equity manager search report to replace an underperforming incumbent last month.

06.12.26
Credit/Private Debt
Northwest Pension Approves Private Credit Search

The pension plan also maintained the fiscal year 2027 asset allocation policy for three of its systems this week.

06.12.26
Surveys/Studies
RIA Channel Sets Pace To Surpass $4T As Consolidation Persists: Report

The registered investment advisor channel is expected to surpass $4 trillion in assets over the next decade as market consolidation continues to accelerate, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.

06.12.26
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People Moves
Southeast Pension Names New Executive Director

The plan hired within its organization for its next executive director.

06.12.26
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Midwest District Approves New Investment Manager

The district approved the hire of a new investment manager for its operating portfolio.

06.12.26
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.

Princeton University
RFP: Domestic Small-Cap Equity - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions
LAFPP seeks at least one new qualified active domestic small cap equity manager for its public
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