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Strengthen Investment Committee Governance Before Disaster Strikes: NACUBO Panels
Many endowments face the dual challenge of increasing operational budgets while investment returns
02.21.19
Industry News Domestic Equity Hedge Funds
Why Kent State Marched Toward Alternatives: NACUBO Panel
Kent State University saw alternative assets as an opportunity to hedge risk and enhance returns in
02.21.19
Conference Coverage
Impact Investing Should Redefine, Not Concede, Profitability: Economist Conference
The most successful investors and managers in the impact investing space will be the ones that
02.14.19
Industry News Trends
Holistic Growth Approach Points Toward Continued Catholic Foundation Advancement
A holistic approach to growth strategy has and will continue to make Catholic foundations a fast
02.07.19
Industry News Trends
U.S. Endowment 10-Year Returns Rise; Remain Short Of Long-Term Target Objective: NACUBO and TIAA
The near decade-long market bull run hasn’t helped endowments overcome the impact the Great
01.31.19
Industry News Trends
NEPC Offers Insight As U.S. Economy Enters Late Stage Cycle Fraught With Uncertainties

Investors are advised to “brace for harsher climes” as changes to economic and market cycles are getting much more difficult to predict and plan for, according to investment consultant NEPC’s 2019 Asset Allocation Letter: Winter Is Coming, But When?

01.31.19
Industry News Alternatives Trends
Limited Partners Lean Toward Specialization As Alternatives Interest Grows
Institutional investors have maintained a distinct appetite for firm specialization and size as
01.24.19
Industry News Trends
New Endowment Tax Bill Hits Missouri Senate
Endowments at private universities in Missouri could be taxed beginning next year under a new bill
01.24.19
Industry News Domestic Equity Alternatives
Leading investment priorities steer E&Fs to rectify portfolios: Mercer
Foundations and endowments are reevaluating their investment portfolios amid such headwinds as
01.17.19
Industry News Domestic Equity Hedge Funds
Nonprofit News Special Report: 2019 Alternative Investments Outlook
Taking The Alternative Route In 2019 Nonprofits Make The Case For Alternatives In Rocky Markets The
01.10.19