All endowments articles
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Opinion PiecesEndowment funds stick with alternatives despite headwinds
Disappointing returns in the last fiscal year may force US university endowments to rethink their investment strategies, but could this include moving away from the so-called Yale model that focuses on alternative investments?
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FeaturesPerspective: Swensen’s legacy grows
The late David Swensen achieved a remarkable performance edge for the Yale Endowment, can it be replicated by pension funds
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FeaturesUS endowments: Success breeds success
Perhaps no single group of institutional investors elicits as much fascination and admiration as US university endowments – in particular those of the Ivy League, and among that elite group the Yale and Harvard endowments in particular.
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News
Cambridge University endowment gains 8.8%; Oxford ‘flat’ for 2018
Multi-billion pound endowment funds report mixed results for private assets and listed equities
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Cambridge University throws weight behind impact investing
£3bn endowment to consider joining climate change groups such as IIGCC
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University roundup: Cambridge nets 19% investment return
Also: Oxford University endowment gains 9.2% as private equity holdings near a quarter of portfolio
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Social investing to be made easier for charities
Law Commission recommends further flexibilities for charities in England and Wales
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Savvy Brexit strategy helps Oxford endowment's 2016 return
University fund posts 16.4% investment return boosted by currency
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Charity trustees risk overspending endowments, report warns
Charities spending more than 3% of portfolio risk eroding real value of capital
