Asset Allocation
Why Oil Stocks, Slipping Now, Have a Bright Future
The industry will be needed to bridge the long transition to net-zero from now to 2050, JPM says.
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Asset Allocation
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.’
Inside or Outside? Where Do Successful CIO Candidates Come From?
Three looks at the different paths investment chiefs took to reach their present berths.
Asset Allocation
University of Texas System’s Oil and Gas Participation Fuels Bid to be Biggest Endowment
The University of Texas System endowment’s oil and gas revenues from its 2.1 million acres of land in the West Texas Permian Basin has it competing with Harvard for biggest endowment by net assets.
Asset Allocation
Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund to Reorientate Portfolio to Fully Offset Fossil Fuel Investments
The fund plans to divest its $350 million holdings in fossil fuel related equity and debt and reinvest towards renewable energy sources by the end of 2027.
Asset Allocation
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.
Dauntless Allocators Stick With Calamitous Cryptocurrency
Institutions keep their toeholds in bitcoin and others amid epic market slide.
What Makes the Yale Model of Investing So Successful?
The heavy focus on alternatives is just one piece of the picture.
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.
Market Moves
New ETF Portends Bitcoin Reaching $160,000, Says Strategist Tom Lee
The top cryptocurrency has had a fresh growth spurt, as news of the new fund spreads.
Asset Allocation
Richard Nixon Is the Father of Cryptocurrency, Says BTIG
The 37th president planted the seeds that grew into Bitcoin and its ilk today, the investment house explains.
Corporate Moves
Yale Chooses CIO from Within
Venture capital director Matthew S. T. Mendelsohn has been tapped to lead the $31.2 billion endowment.
Asset Allocation
Some Institutions Call Crypto Rat Poison, but Others Are Buying the Currency
Bitcoin bolster: Asset allocators seem to be fueling digital money’s recovery from its recent crash.
Commodities Rise: New Supercycle or Just a Temporary Blip?
Many institutions, wary of the asset class’s notorious volatility, keep their exposure low despite raw material price climbs.
Asset Management Culture
David Swensen, Yale’s Iconic Endowment Chief, Dies at 67
He pioneered the push into alternative assets, now popular among institutional investors.