Private Equity

Endowments

Yale’s David Swensen leaves powerful legacy

Swensen had run the $31bn Yale endowment's investments since 1985, and was a pioneer of the the 'Yale model' that focused heavily on alternative investments, including private equity.

4 min read · 07 May 2021

MassPRIM plans to go heavy in private equity this year; names replacement PE chief

Michael McGirr takes over the programme just as its target is being raised and more commitments are planned for 2021.

3 min read · 03 February 2021

Harvard ups private equity allocation, sheds illiquid holdings

The $41.9bn endowment has made progress in growing its private equity portfolio while shedding older illiquid assets that have weighed on performance.

2 min read · 26 October 2020

Georgetown prepares to divest from fossil fuels, including from private funds

The move comes as a wave of activist pressure sweeps up against major LPs.

4 min read · 14 February 2020

Columbia endowment CEO to step down

Columbia will launch a national search to find a successor

1 min read · 17 January 2020

Harvard plans to up PE and venture allocations

3 min read · 25 October 2019

Endowments, foundations rewarded for going private

Top-decile institutional investors had a median allocation of 40% or more in private investments, according to Cambridge Associates research.

2 min read · 26 June 2019

PE, VC helped bigger endowments generate better returns in 2018: study

2 min read · 01 February 2019

Johns Hopkins investment officer joins Penn State endowment

2 min read · 30 January 2019

Johns Hopkins endowment shopped a PE portfolio in '18

1 min read · 30 January 2019

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