The university hired its first cio to manage its investment office and oversee three separate portfolios following a search from earlier this year due to the increasing size and complexity of its endowment.
The system has postponed finalist interviews in its search for consultants to oversee its portfolio due to Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to strike the state this evening.
In 2016, Harvard had bad news to share in its annual financial report: Its endowment value had dropped nearly $2 billion. The report, released that November, detailed the endowment’s lackluster returns by disclosing how the Harvard Management Company performed in a variety of asset categories against internal and external benchmarks.