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University of Pennsylvania Endowment Returns 7.1%
Assets of the fund increased to $22.3 billion as of June 30.
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4 Ivy League Institutions Release Fiscal 2023 Endowment Results
Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Penn all improved their returns from 2022 but alternative investments dragged down returns.
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Amnesty International Scolds University Endowments for Human Rights Indifference
The report gives failing grades to several major university investment offices due to a lack of ‘human rights due diligence.’
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Harvard Endowment’s 1.8% Loss Deemed ‘Very Good Result’
Despite the negative return, Harvard is outperforming most of its peers after lagging in 2021.
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Penn, Dartmouth, University of Minnesota Endowments Swing to a Loss in 2022
Investment portfolios see sharp reversal from last year’s record returns.
Brown Leads Ivies for Third Year in a Row, as Columbia, Harvard Lag Behind
Endowment investment returns range from 32.3% to 51.5% for the fiscal year ending June 30.
Europe’s Venture Capital Finally Flowers, Luring Institutional Investors
Why big allocators on this side of the Atlantic, like CalSTRS, CPPIB, and OMERS, are seeding Old World newbie companies.
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University of Pennsylvania Targets Net-Zero by 2050
The $14.9 billion endowment becomes the latest institutional investor to target the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Ivy League Endowments Underperform 60-40 Portfolio Again
Average university returns fall short of a passive portfolio over one- and 10-year periods.
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Penn, Cornell Lag Behind Other Ivy League Endowments
The Pennsylvania and New York schools returned 3.4% and 1.9%, respectively, in 2020.
Court Reinstates Two Claims Against UPenn in Pension Suit
Penn is accused of breaching its fiduciary duty by accepting high fees, poor investments.