Wesleyan University's $1.7 billion managed pool of endowment assets returned 53.9% for the fiscal year ended June 30.
The pool's performance well exceeded its composite benchmark return of 38.3%, according to a year-end letter from Chief Investment Officer Anne Martin posted on the Middletown, Conn.-based university's website.
For the three, five and 10 years ended June 30, the endowment pool returned an annualized 20.2%, 17.6% and 11.9%, respectively, above the respective benchmarks of 14.5%, 13.1% and 9.2%.
The university's endowment pool had returned 8.8% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.