5 Questions
5 Questions With Just Futures CEO Mika Weinstein

Weinstein heads Just Futures, an investment firm incorporated as a public benefit corporation that works with nonprofits to align their retirement, reserve or endowment assets with their missions. She took the time to answer 5 Questions with FIN News.

07.13.26
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Northeast Plan Begins Investment Consultant Search

The plan rehired its current consultant after a similar RFP process in 2019.

07.14.26
Equity
Colorado Pension Mulls Public Equity Portfolio Changes

The pension plan also made a private equity commitment for pacing purposes last month.

07.14.26
Against Consensus
Against Consensus Podcast: NPPFA CIO Gerald Chen-Young

The second episode of FIN News’ new podcast, Against Consensus, is now out. National Public Pension Fund Association CIO Gerald Alain P. Chen-Young sits down to discuss the 401(k) democratization debate with host Angelo Calvello, Ph.D.

07.14.26
Real Estate
West Coast Pension Sets Real Estate Pacing Plan

The pension plan also disclosed more than $500 million in private equity commitments.

07.14.26
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Domestic Equity
Southeastern Pension Plan Terminates Domestic Equity Managers

The pension plan terminated three domestic equity managers in the second quarter.

07.14.26
Industry News
Indiana Seeking Private Markets Investment Officer

The retirement system is searching for a private markets investment officer to join its team.

07.14.26
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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