Endowments

With peers facing substantial portfolio challenges, the $30bn endowment is urging restraint in what its leaders say is an environment for endowments akin to 2008’s financial crisis.

Australia's third-largest superfund has a new European head of PE. Plus: Ares reckons more endowments could hit the secondaries market. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Yale University has come to market with one of the largest LP-led transactions of recent years. Plus: Navis completes another GP-led transaction; and climate giant Altérra is seeking new partners. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Slashes to US endowment funding could influence their private equity pacing in the near term. Plus: another senior secondaries move; and defaults on the rise in Europe. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Investors can use an array of tools to mitigate the impact of geopolitical risk, including manager selection, exposure limits and even fund documentation.

A proposed increase of the size and scope of the existing US endowment tax will likely force many endowments to increase their commitments to private equity.

Why simply participating in private equity may not guarantee outsized returns. Plus: the former head of KKR’s Global Impact Fund in Europe is seeking to raise a new growth fund; and Indian fundraising is ticking up. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Do key person clauses deserve a rethink? Plus: France's Quadrille has set up shop in New York; and a former CIO at the Alfred P Sloan Foundation has joined a Middle Eastern investor. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund integrates impact analysis into its investment process to ensure its endowment is aligned with its mission, says Sheena Strawter-Anthony.