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February 20, 2012
Venture capital helps Williams College beat return benchmark in 2011
Review of the Williams College endowment for fiscal year 2011.
February 15, 2012 | 10:40 am
UTIMCO trustee urges endowment to hold gold hedge
Kyle Bass, the Dallas hedge fund manager, urged overseers of Texas' state university endowment, the University of Texas Investment Management Co., to stick with a $1 billion investment in gold...
February 03, 2012 | 09:54 am
UTIMCO adds investments, commitments totaling $1.45 billion
University of Texas Investment Management Co., Austin, invested or committed a total of $1.449 billion to new and existing external money managers and redeemed an aggregate $708 million in the three...
February 03, 2012 | 03:48 pm
College endowment returns surge for fiscal year 2011
Aggregate assets of U.S. educational endowments grew 17.9% in the fiscal year ended June 30 to $408.1 billion, according to the 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments released Tuesday.
February 01, 2012 | 10:31 am
Northern Trust universe returns median 4.5% in 4th quarter
U.S. defined benefit pension plans in the Northern Trust universe had a 4.5% median return in the fourth quarter.
February 01, 2012 | 03:08 pm
Endowment assets increase 17.9% for fiscal year
Aggregate assets of U.S. educational endowments grew 17.9% in the fiscal year ended June 30 to $408.1 billion, according to the 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments released Tuesday.
January 31, 2012 | 12:01 am
Yale's Swensen says passive management best for most investors
David Swensen, who pioneered an investing style that helped endowments outperform markets by using alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said investors who don't have access to...
January 31, 2012 | 03:18 pm
University of Michigan commits to mining investment fund
University of Michigan Board of Regents committed $25 million to RK Mine Finance Fund II, managed by Red Kite Management, on the advice of investment staff of the $7.7 billion endowment.
January 23, 2012 | 04:07 pm
Utica College posts search for endowment consultant
Utica College is seeking an investment consultant for its $20.6 million endowment, according to an RFP posted on the school's website.
January 11, 2012 | 03:04 pm
Expansion of foundation information
Additional asset allocation information forthcoming.
January 09, 2012 | 01:01 pm
University of Michigan to start venture capital fund
University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the creation of an internally managed venture capital fund — Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups — within the $7.8 billion long-...
December 29, 2011 | 02:01 pm
Foundations' 2010 990 PFs reveal asset growth
2010 data update for the largest foundations.
December 20, 2011 | 02:35 pm
Philanthropic fund contributions jump 25.5% in 2010
Contributions to donor-advised philanthropic funds totaled $7.77 billion in 2010, up 25.5% from the previous year, according the National Philanthropic Trust's 2011 Donor-Advised Fund Report released ...