As always, please feel free to forward this email to friends. You can sign up to receive our new weekly blog in your inbox here. Come join me on the other side of the microphone. Jon Brolin, founder of Edenbrook Capital and an adjunct...
Read morePenn President Triples Endowment
“She’s overseen record fundraising and a more than tripling of the endowment. [University President Amy] Gutmann has raised more than $7 billion — $4.3 billion in her first major campaign that concluded in 2012 and nearly $3 billion...
Read moreFord Foundation on Endowment Management
“Earning high returns isn’t just a matter of bragging rights — endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether education, as with college and universities, or broader social programs, as at many private...
Read moreRecruiting Endowment Leaders
“Since 2011, Barrett’s boutique has found new leaders for the endowments of Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, and Emory, among many other major universities. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan picked DBP [David Barrett Partners] to find their...
Read moreHarvard President on Divestment
“Harvard presidents have long maintained that the University’s endowment is not an appropriate tool for enacting social change despite persistent calls from activists, most recently to withdraw holdings from the fossil fuel and private...
Read moreMatt Botein – Flexible Investing and Institutional Challenges (EP.88)
Matt Botein is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gallatin Point Capital, a $1.5 billion private investment company he founded after departing from BlackRock, where he had served as the Chief Investment Officer and Co-Head of the firm’s $160...
Read moreCook Children’s New CIO from Columbia Endowment
“The Cook Children’s Health Care System has hired a senior investor from Columbia University’s endowment as its new chief investment officer, a Cook Children’s spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. ‘Tony Bagwell of Columbia Investment...
Read moreEndowments Return 8.2% in 2018
“Other than the upturn at the University of Texas system, which saw a jump of 16.4 percent, the list of the wealthiest schools stayed mostly the same. Behind Yale were Stanford and Princeton universities, with more than $25 billion, while...
Read moreCambridge Associates on Cryptoassets
“Most large institutions have steered clear of the 10-year-old, $120 billion industry because it’s largely unregulated and cryptocurrencies have been used to finance illicit trade. The collapse in crypto prices hasn’t helped either...
Read moreKlarman Foundation Hires CIO
“Baupost is also well known as a distressed-debt investor, profiting from trades such as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s bankruptcy. In that investment, the Lehman bankruptcy estate eventually distributed billions to investors, including...
Read moreRahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser (EP.87)
Rahul Moodgal has spent 20 years as a fund raiser across long only strategies, hedge funds, fund of funds, customized solutions, start-ups, and non-profits. Collectively, Rahul has raised and helped raise $60 billion for firms since...
Read moreHarvard Breaking Higher Ed Fundraising Record
“All but the first fiscal year of the capital campaign saw annual fundraising totals in excess of $1 billion. Last year, Harvard raised $1.28 billion, up from $1.19 billion the year before. This year, only two other schools — Stanford and...
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