Non-U.S. & Global Equity
Midwest Pension Seeking Non-U.S. Equity Mgrs.

The retirement system is seeking strategies across the international equity spectrum.

07.08.26
People Moves
Mid-Atlantic Institution Seeks MD For Public Markets Following Retirement

The university investment arm is searching for the role after its public markets head retired on June 30 following more than seven years at the institution.

07.08.26
Private Equity
Sustainable Mgr. Closes Second Private Equity Fund Above $1 Billion

The firm recently closed the second fund in its private equity strategy with more than $1 billion in commitments from a Limited Partner base of new and existing institutional investors.

07.08.26
MRI/Social Investments
Southern Community Foundation Issues RFP For PRI Opportunity

The foundation has issued an RFP seeking potential direct project investments related to affordable housing as it looks to deploy up to $4.4 million for its impact fund.

07.08.26
People Moves
Southern Foundation Hires Director From Western Retirement System

The university-affiliated foundation recently hired a director of investments to help evaluate and monitor investments from a retirement system on the West Coast.

07.08.26
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Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Western College Savings Plan Seeks Investment Advisor

The plan has issued an RFP seeking an investment consultant to oversee and advise on its assets.

07.08.26
Daily Feed
Midwest College Weighs Endowment Gift Proposal

The college is weighing a proposal from a student finance committee to transfer nearly $4 million in surplus fees from a student fund to its endowment.

07.08.26
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
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