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Calif. City Approves Real Estate Consultant RFP
The retirement system also hired three firms in its diversifying strategies manager searches yesterday.
05.08.26
Midwest Pension CEO Resigns
The retirement system also terminated the employment of its chief benefits officer.
05.08.26
Midwest Pension Adds Opportunistic RE Target
The new asset allocation also eliminated the plan’s hedge funds portfolio.
05.08.26
Midwest Pension Approves Int’l Small-Cap Hires
The pension fund hired two firms to replace a previously terminated underperforming manager.
05.08.26
Northeast Pension Taps New Fixed-Income Consultant
The retirement fund received three proposals in response to its fixed-income consultant RFP.
05.08.26
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Midwest Pension Goes Passive For Mid-Cap Core Mandate
The plan launched a search earlier this year to replace an active domestic mid-cap core equity manager.
05.08.26
CenterSquare Names Capital Markets Senior V.P.
She will focus on business development and institutional fundraising efforts for the firm’s real estate strategies.
05.08.26
In The News
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.
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.
Utah endowment’s OCIO contract raises conflict of interest concerns
Cynosure Capital Management, its new outsourced chief investment officer, is founded by members of one of the state’s richest families.
Commonfund Releases 2025 HEPI Report
Data from the annual Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) show that inflation for U.S. colleges and universities rose 3.6 percent in fiscal year 2025, surpassing the 3.4 percent inflation reported in fiscal year 2024.
