Corporate Moves
Ellen Ellison, University of Illinois Foundation CIO, Steps Down
The allocator shared on social media that she will be leaving to pursue other endowment and investment-related activities.
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Asset Management Culture
Colby College Appoints Deborah Shufrin New CIO
The allocator was DCIO at Brandeis University for the past decade.
Tufts University to End Direct Investments into Coal and Tar Sands
The school will also invest up to $25 million with climate impact funds.
Asset Allocation
Endowments Should Hold on to Value Assets, NEPC Says
Growth assets and strong manager selection have helped endowments outperform this year.
Asset Management Culture
Why Smith College Is Moving Its Endowment In-House
The $2 billion fund, now in the market for its first CIO, decided it’s big enough to shift asset management internally.
Asset Management Culture
University Endowments Urged to Hold on to Private Commitments
For allocators, keeping a long-term investment horizon in the face of immediate challenges is key, NEPC says.
Asset Management Culture
Yale’s Swensen to Asset Managers: Hire More Women and Minorities
The decision to track investment firms’ progress would have a ‘seismic’ shift in the industry.
Asset Management Culture
Harvard Says It’s Not Planning Layoffs, But Offers Early Retirement Packages
Other cost-saving proposals at endowment champ: voluntarily reduce vacation time or work hours.
Risk
University Endowments Gain 5.3% in 2019
However, the average 10-year return beat long-term objectives for the first time in a decade.