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In The News
Blackstone’s Road To $1 Trillion Of Assets Paved With New Strategies

‘We should be everywhere first,’ Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone’s CEO, said at the Bernstein 38th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference.

06.09.22
In The News
Hamilton Lane's Global Private Assets Fund Delivers 14.7% Annualized Since-Inception Return In Three Years Since Launch

The firm’s open-ended Global Private Assets Fund launched in 2019, and is open to retail and wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand, Canada, as well as parts of Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

06.09.22
In The News
Springfield Opts Not To Pursue Bonds For Shaky Pension Fund, Citing Global Economic Uncertainty

Rising interest rates, inflation and even the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine contributed to the city shelving the plan.

06.09.22
In The News
Jury Hears RE Firm Cost Police & Fire Pension Plan $1.2 Billion

Real estate investment firm The Townsend Group cost the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System up to $1.2 billion in damages by failing to adequately warn it of the risks of investing in undeveloped land, the pension plan told a Texas state court jury Wednesday.

06.09.22
Private Equity
Southern Fund Approves PE Commitment

Commitment is with a private equity strategy centered around making investments in the North American midstream energy sector.

06.09.22
People Moves
Loyola Trustee & UBS Senior V.P. Dies

Trustee served on the Baltimore-based university’s investment committee for years before joining its board of trustees in October 2018.

06.09.22
People Moves
Global Investment Consultant Announces Leadership Changes

The firm will see a co-founder step down from its executive committee, while various heads of international regions and countries are retiring and transitioning away from the roles.

06.09.22
Alternatives
Midwest University Revises A/A; Adds VC, PE Commitments

The university added several venture capital strategies and a buyout private equity fund to its endowment in the first quarter.

06.09.22
People Moves
Midwest University Searching For CFO

The university is searching for a new v.p. of finance and administration and cfo to oversee its investment, finance, budget, treasury, real estate, business services and risk management services among others.

06.09.22
Announcements
Southern University Appoints Four New Trustees

The board does much of its work through standing committees that include  finance, audit, compensation and organizational development and the Rice Management Company.

06.09.22