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Universities, Athletic Depts. Eye Private Equity As Solution For Increasing Financial Pressures
Higher education institutions and their athletic departments are looking to private equity to help fund new athlete revenue-sharing models and facility costs driven by mounting financial pressures from the recent House v. NCAA settlement.
08.04.26
Northeast State Plan Selects Four US Enhanced Index Mgrs.
The plan also terminated two underperforming domestic equity managers.
08.04.26
Rocky Mountain DC Plans Rehire Consultant
The plans received three proposals in response to an RFP issued in February.
08.04.26
New England Pension Launches Private Equity Manager Search
The retirement system is conducting the search for pacing purposes.
08.04.26
Calif. City Posts General Investment Consultant RFP
The retirement system expects to conduct finalist presentations at its January investment committee meeting.
08.04.26
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Lotus Infrastructure Partners Raises $1.8B Across Latest Funds
The firm raised approximately $1.8 billion across multiple funds.
08.04.26
Texas Authority Issues Investment Advisor RFP
The authority has worked with its incumbent provider since 2008 and last rehired them following a similar search process launched in 2020.
08.04.26
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.
