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Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Northeast Plans Approve New Consultant Hire

New firm will provide investment consulting services for the plans’ $70 million in assets.

07.21.22
In The News
Artisan Partners Launches Artisan Emerging Markets Local Opportunities Strategy

Artisan Partners has launched the Artisan Emerging Markets Local Opportunities Strategy and related UCITS Fund.

07.21.22
In The News
Target-Date Funds’ Glide Paths Don’t Always Match Plan Participant Needs

Workers are often subject to the same glide path despite differences in salary and expected retirement age.

07.21.22
In The News
Oak Hill Enters Crowded Fundraising Market With $4.25 Billion Fund VI

Fund VI has so far secured $2.65bn, suggesting Oak Hill has already made considerable progress in what is viewed as a tough fundraising environment.

07.21.22
In The News
California Pension Fund Reports $29 Billion Loss, First Since Great Recession, Amid Market Turmoil

The fund’s investments in stocks dropped more than 13% last fiscal year, while fixed-income investments, such as bonds, dropped by 14.5%.

07.21.22
In The News
Ivy League Endowments Brace for Losses With Private Equity Values Tumbling

Princeton, Harvard and Yale generated robust returns for their endowments in recent years, fueled in part by billions of dollars of investments in private equity and venture capital. That golden era appears to be over, at least for now.

07.21.22
MRI/Social Investments
Western University Foundation Plans Impact Investment Searches

The foundation will search for impact investments after adopting an ESG-integrated and impact investment strategy to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.

07.21.22
Surveys/Studies
Museums With Long Road To Reach Impact Investment Adoption Of E&Fs: Survey

Only 13% of museums in the U.S. are engaged in impact investing, compared to 47% of college and university endowments and 51% of foundations.

07.21.22
People Moves
Great Plains Fund Investment Director Departing For Southwest DB Plan

The investment director is leaving on July 29 to join the defined benefit plan as its next cio.

07.21.22
Real Estate
Great Lakes Institution Considers RE Commitment; Discloses Alts. Commitments

The university will consider a real estate commitment with a new firm after disclosing follow-on commitments to existing venture capital, private equity and real estate fund managers.

07.21.22