Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Southern University Seeks Consultant For Retirement Plans

The university is seeking an investment consulting firm to oversee its retirement and deferred compensation plans as its incumbent provider’s contract is expiring in the forth quarter.

07.15.26
Industry News
B Capital-Led Consortium Acquiring Russell Investments

A group of investors led by B Capital that included the California Public Employees’ Retirement System has agreed to acquire Russell Investments.

07.15.26
People Moves
New England University Managing Directors Depart

Two managing directors recently left the institution to pursue new opportunities as its investment head is planning to retire in late 2027.

07.15.26
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Calif. City Issues Investment Advisor RFP

The selected firm will provide services for the city’s managed investment portfolio that is valued at $430 million.

07.15.26
People Moves
Midwestern Foundation Adds Operations Manager

The foundation hired an investment operations manager to support overseeing portfolio performance and treasury operations.

07.15.26
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People Moves
Aristotle Capital Names New CEO

Aristotle Capital Management has named Aylon Ben-Shlomo as its new ceo to lead non-investment functions at the firm.

07.15.26
People Moves
Southern University Adds Five To Board, Including Venture Investor

The university added recently added five new members to its board of trustees, including one venture investor focused on enterprise software infrastructure and applications.

07.15.26
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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