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Southeast Funds To Conduct Smid-Cap Mgr. Search
The search is in conjunction with a recommendation to place a domestic small- to mid-cap equity manager on watch.
02.20.26
Great Lakes Plans Adds PE Commitments
The city’s two retirement systems committed $12 million apiece for pacing purposes.
02.24.26
Northeast Pension Bolsters Alternatives Portfolios
The plan made up to $90 million in commitments at today’s board meeting.
02.24.26
Updata Closes Latest Growth Equity Fund
Updata Partners VIII closes with aggregate capital commitments of $875 million.
02.24.26
Mid-Atlantic Pension Terminates Int’l Small-Cap Equity Mgr.
The plan terminated the firm after closed session deliberations.
02.24.26
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Northwest Pension Taps New Smid-Cap Equity Managers
The plan hired domestic small- to mid-cap growth and value equity managers at a meeting today.
02.24.26
Rocky Mountain Board Adopts New A/A
The board increased its targets to domestic fixed-income and real estate as part of a new asset allocation policy last month.
02.24.26
In The News
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.
Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes
The Ivy League institution’s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.
RFP: Emerging Manager Equity Products, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois
The State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS) is requesting proposals from qualified