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UM Endowment Builds to Record $736 Million

The University of Mississippi’s alumni and friends contributed approximately $103 million in private support during FY19, a year that saw the university’s endowment grow to $736 million – the largest in the state at a public university.

09.23.19
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Index Funds Are The New Kings of Wall Street

Funds tracking broad U.S. equity indexes had more assets by value than stock-picking rivals for the first time.

09.19.19
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Harvard joins Climate Action 100+

Harvard University announced today that its endowment has joined Climate Action 100+, an investor-led initiative to ensure that the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take steps to address climate change.

09.17.19
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Dartmouth Announces Endowment Returns

Dartmouth’s endowment generated a return of 7.5% for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, bringing its total value to $5.7 billion.

09.17.19
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Opinion: UC Investments Are Going Fossil Free. But Not Exactly For The Reasons You May Think

Our job is to make money for the University of California, and we’re betting we can do that without fossil fuels investments.

09.17.19
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New Rate Environment Challenges DB Plan Sponsors

Interest rates approaching zero on long-term, safe securities makes funding more expensive.

09.17.19
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Out-Of-Whack Credit Suisse Security Puzzles Volatility Traders

A small, unexplained aberration in a highly specialized corner of the vast U.S. equity and derivatives market is causing a buzz among traders already on edge about a potential market pullback.

09.17.19
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Index Funds Face Heightened Risk From Climate Change

Index funds and the investors who own them face an unmanageable risk from climate change, according to the director of Stanford University’s Sustainable Finance Initiative. Many of those investors are pensions.

09.17.19
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California Pension Funds Lean Harder Into Real Estate

Two massive institutional investors are looking to deploy more capital in real estate as the economy potentially approaches a downturn, according to a new report.

09.17.19
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Council of Institutional Investors Names Executive Director

The Council of institutional Investors has tapped Deputy Director Amy Borrus to succeed Ken Bertsch as executive director when he retires in August 2020, the organization announced.

09.16.19