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Northeast Pension Issues Int’l Equity Manager RFP
The retirement system first considered issuing the RFP last year.
02.06.26
Calif. Plan Makes Private Equity Commitments
The commitments were made this year under delegated authority.
02.09.26
West Coast Pension Hires Core-Plus Fixed-Income Mgr.
The retirement plan hired a core-plus fixed-income manager to complement its more conservative incumbent.
02.09.26
Future Standard Names Senior Advisor, Vice Chair
The senior advisor and vice chair will work alongside the firm’s global head of institutional business and co-heads of global wealth.
02.09.26
Midwest Pension Eyes PE Finalist Interviews
The retirement fund is targeting private equity finalist interviews at its February and March board meetings.
02.09.26
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Southeast Pension Swaps Small-Cap Value Mgrs.
The pension plan appears to have replaced its domestic small-cap value equity manager in the fourth quarter.
02.09.26
Western Higher Education Foundation Issues Investment Mgmt. RFP
The foundation is seeking a firm to provide discretionary investment management and strategic guidance for its portfolio, which includes endowed, non-endowed reserves and scholarship funds.
02.06.26
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