The school announced their endowment figures last week. Notre Dame’s endowment pool returned 7.2 percent for the 2019 fiscal year, ending the year with a value of $13.8 billion compared to $13.1 billion at the prior June 30. Over the past 20...
Read moreCapital Allocators Monthly – October 2019
Announcements and Gratitudes Special thanks to new sponsors of the podcast, Colmore and Northern Trust Front Office Solutions. Reading (Ordered by reading time: tweets first, books last, and blog posts and articles in between) My Most Liked Tweet...
Read moreDuke Endowment Performance 2019
The school announced their endowment figures last month. The endowment saw a 6.9% annual return and is now valued at a record-high of $8.6 billion, as of June 30, 2019. This growth comes a year after the endowment posted a 12.9% return in 2018 to...
Read moreUniversity of Chicago Endowment Performance 2019
The school announced their endowment figures a couple of weeks ago. The University of Chicago endowment grew to an all-time high of $8.5 billion as of June 30, 2019, following a 6.9 percent return on investments for the preceding year. Vice...
Read moreDanish Pension Fund ATP’s Strong Returns
What in the actual fu@/< are they doing up in Denmark? Denmark’s ATP tallies 27% gain in first half of 2019, Pensions&Investments Ashby Monk (@sovereignfund)
Read moreAsh Fontana – Investing in Artificial Intelligence at Zetta Ventures (First Meeting, EP.11)
My guest on today’s First Meeting is Ash Fontana, a Managing Director at Zetta Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs Artificial Intelligence companies with B2B business models. The firm invests in early stage companies with unique data...
Read morePenn Endowment Performance 2019
The school announced their endowment figures last month. Penn’s endowment produced an investment return of 6.5 percent for the year ending June 30, 2019. Total endowment assets increased by $873 million during the year, reaching $14.7 billion as...
Read moreBowdoin Endowment Performance 2019
The school announced their endowment figures last month. The Bowdoin investment return of 10.9 percent compares with the median return of 4.9 percent for all college and university endowments during this period as reported by Cambridge...
Read moreColumbia Endowment Performance 2019
The school announced their endowment figures last week. Columbia’s endowment reported a 3.8 percent return on investment for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, according to a statement released by the University on Tuesday. The endowment currently stands...
Read morePension Funds Missing the Bull Market
Pension fund allocations to alternative assets tripled to over 27% over a time period in which public market indices were basically unbeatable. Pension Funds Chased Alternative Investments After the Crisis. They Missed the Bull Market....
Read moreAna Marshall – Applied Direct Investing at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (EP.111)
Brought to you by: Ana Marshall is the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where she oversees a $10.5 billion pool of capital. Ana joined Hewlett in 2004 after spending eighteen years as...
Read morePrinceton Endowment Performance 2019
Princeton announced their endowment figures last week. Princeton University’s endowment earned a 6.2 percent investment gain for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2019. The endowment value stood at $26.1 billion, an increase of about $200...
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