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West Coast Pension To Conduct Non-Core Fixed-Income Searches
The plan will also search for private debt and infrastructure managers later this year.
05.01.26
Texas Pension Eyes Small-Cap Value Mgr. Interviews
The plan will interview three firms in a domestic small-cap value equity manager search next month.
05.01.26
Brown Advisory, RockCreek Form Strategic Partnership
The investment expands Brown Advisory’s outsourced cio and advisory capabilities and provides broader resources and enhanced infrastructure for RockCreek.
05.01.26
Northwest City Hires DC Investment Consultant
The city received four proposals in response to an RFP issued in January.
05.01.26
Calif. 457 Plan To Consider LCV Replacement
The deferred compensation plan also terminated its global large-cap growth equity manager in February.
05.01.26
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Pacific Northwest Pension Slates Private Credit Commitments
The plan’s investment committee will recommend up to $60 million across two credit funds at the next board meeting.
05.01.26
Calif. City Posts Investment Services RFP
The city is seeking investment management and advisory services to provide discretionary services for its $25 million investment portfolio.
05.01.26
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.