Jessica Hamlin

Senior Funds Columnist

Senior funds columnist Jessica Hamlin writes about limited partners for PitchBook News, based in New York. Jessica is also the lead writer of the Capital Pool weekly newsletter. Previously she wrote about private equity for Institutional Investor in New York. Jessica is a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Articles by Jessica Hamlin

Trump targets Harvard’s tax privileges, threatening donations to endowment

John W. Weeks Bridge, Dunster House, Havard University, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, America

The Trump administration has reportedly asked the IRS to revoke the university’s tax-exempt status. If successful, the move would tamp donations to its $53.2 billion endowment.

April 16, 2025

Elite university endowments confront a ‘parade of horribles’

Harvard And MIT Sue Trump Administration Over Foreign Student Rule

Endowments look to liquidate hedge fund commitments amid Trump administration’s funding pullback and the threat of a tax rate hike.

April 16, 2025

Tariff uproar to further slow distributions to LPs

Donald Trump Watches SpaceX Launch Its Sixth Test Flight Of Starship Spacecraft

Buyout funds have notoriously extended their fund lives amid a slowdown in dealmaking. Trump’s tariff showdown isn’t going to provide any relief.

April 15, 2025

LPs flooded the secondary market during tariff upheaval. Buyers paused.

Secondary buyers wait for pricing certainty after tariff delay.

April 10, 2025

Jamie Dimon: ‘We need to encourage the public markets’

Top Wall Street CEO's Testify At Senate Banking Hearing

In a 57-page annual letter to shareholders, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon outlined his views on the key issues chipping away at the health of the US economy.

April 7, 2025