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KKR Closes $1.3 Billion Global Impact Fund

KKR today announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund SCSp, a $1.3 billion fund dedicated to investment opportunities in companies whose core business models provide commercial solutions to an environmental or social challenge.

02.12.20
Industry News Surveys/Studies Emerging/Diverse Managers
Foundations Ahead Of Institutional Investors When Investing In Diverse-Owned Firms

Foundations continue to lap the rest of the institutional investment space when it comes to investing with diverse- and women-owned firms, a new study finds.

02.12.20
In The News
Stanford Faces $43 Million Tab In New Endowment Tax Under Trump

Stanford University faces as much as $43 million in taxes under a new levy on college endowments included in President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul, the first time private colleges will pay such a fee.

02.12.20
Conference Coverage
Enterprise Risk Approach Is Promising Investment Management Tool: Panel

Managing endowment and managing university spending should go hand-in-hand.

02.11.20
Conference Coverage
Education Is Barrier To Investing In Women- And Minority-Led Managers: Panel

Lack of information stymies investor appetite for diverse investment strategies.

02.11.20
Conference Coverage
Endowments Should Stick With Private Equity: Panel

The alternative class will likely outperform public markets even in lower return environments.

02.11.20
Searches And Hires
Southern University Foundation Issues Investment Advisory RFP

A Southern university foundation has issued an RFP seeking a firm to oversee and manage its investment portfolio.

02.11.20
Daily Feed
MacKay Shields Adds Two To Institutional Sales Team

MacKay Shields has added Elizabeth Philipp and Jonathan Reining as managing directors on its institutional sales team, the firm announced.

02.11.20
Cash
Midwestern University Hires Cash Pool Advisor

A university in the Midwest has hired a cash pool advisor.

02.11.20
Searches And Hires
West Coast City Plan Names EMD Semifinalists

A city pension fund in the West Coast has narrowed its emerging market debt search to four candidates.

02.11.20