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As UMass backs out of a commitment to consider divestment, an investigation reveals its endowment has millions indirectly invested in defense contractors and other entities targeted by student activists.
Andrew Golden steps down from Princo after building a $34.1 billion endowment. How should that money be invested and spent going forward?
A question and answer with Brown University CIO Jane Dietze on the institution’s endowment, divestment and ethical investing.
Active management is key to Baylor’s endowment, which has become a top performer among universities. But investment chief David Morehead and managing director Renee Hanna, who run the endowment’s public and private investments, respectively, say cultural factors can’t be overlooked.
Baylor University has traded its way to the top of the university endowment performance rankings. Many universities allocate their money among different assets and adjust periodically. Baylor, led by a former trader, seizes on market moves frequently to boost or cut exposure to its managers.
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) today announced that it has further expanded its global footprint by opening an office in New York.
The Harvard Management Company increased its direct holdings of Alphabet and Meta and continued its major sell off of biopharma holdings — which now make up less than 1 percent of the portfolio — during the last three months of 2023.
WHQR’s Ben Schachtman sits down with The Assembly’s Johanna Still to talk about a surprising exit from the president of the New Hanover Community Endowment, the Endowment’s silence, and what’s behind it.
The company has withdrawn nearly $40 million in additional funds from its endowment to cover expenses, but sees signs it may be emerging from its post-pandemic woes.
On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed the first-of-its-kind consumer protection lawsuit against the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock Inc. Tennessee’s complaint alleges that Blackrock made false or misleading representations to current and potential Tennessee consumers about the extent to which Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations affect BlackRock’s investment strategies,
