The system approved private equity commitments with new and existing managers within its endowment and the addition of a short-duration fixed-income manager within its liquidity pool at its investment committee meeting this month.
The Houston-based middle market firm closed its sixth private equity fund at its $3.5 billion hard cap, exceeding its $2.75 billion target.
The university hired an investment risk management officer to wrap up its search for the position from last year.
The firms have entered a strategic partnership to support health-focused impact investors that are directing investable assets to address social determinants of health, while targeting the alignment of financial, business and community impact performance.
The firm has hired a managing director and head of capital markets to expand its relationships with the global institutional investment community and grow its business development of private credit products and capital markets.
The actively managed strategy is part of a new series of mutual funds and accelerates the firm’s ongoing strategy to expand its in-house intermediary distribution network in the U.S.
The program has adopted a proposal from its state treasurer to transition the emerging markets investment option in its select plan to a fund that excludes investments in China-based companies due to ongoing geopolitical tensions and significant investment risks.
The university’s board of trustees expanded the assault weapon divestment policy to cover assault weapons manufacturers that engage in retail activities to the general public.
The funds have completed the evaluation process and selected a finalist in its search for firms provide financial advisory, investment consulting and risk transfer advisory services.
A question and answer with Brown University CIO Jane Dietze on the institution’s endowment, divestment and ethical investing.