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  Allocators

  UC Investments’ Bachher sounds alarm on disruptive threat of AI

  March 18, 2026

  AI development represents “the biggest technological revolution at the fastest pace” in history.

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  Capital Pool

  Utah endowment’s OCIO contract raises conflict of interest concerns

  January 13, 2026

  Cynosure Capital Management, its new outsourced chief investment officer, is founded by members of one of the state’s richest families.

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  Limited Partners

  University of Utah athletics breaks ground with landmark PE deal

  December 9, 2025

  The University of Utah will partner with PE firm Otro Capital to form a new for-profit company to handle its athletic department’s finances.

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  Limited Partners

  University endowment return tracker

  October 28, 2025

  See investment returns for the 50 largest university endowments in the US.

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  Limited Partners

  Harvard sees record donations to endowment amid mounting expenses

  October 16, 2025

  Harvard donors contributed over $600 million to the university in 2025, the highest total in the school’s history.

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  Capital Pool

  Stanford feels the burn of new excise task

  October 14, 2025

  Stanford Management Company distributed $1.9 billion to support academic programs, financial aid, faculty salaries and research—almost double what it disbursed to support university operations a decade ago.

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  Capital Pool

  Endowment reporting season kicks off

  September 2, 2025

  Here’s what to expect.

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  Capital Pool

  Tax rate hike leaves endowments at ease

  July 16, 2025

  The final excise tax on endowment investment income is a welcome relief for institutions under pressure from low distributions and funding cuts.

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  Limited Partners

  Harvard to lose tax-exempt status, Trump says

  May 2, 2025

  The threat may influence university endowments to slow allocations.

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  Limited Partners

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

  April 16, 2025

  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.

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  Private Equity

  Elite university endowments confront a ‘parade of horribles’

  April 16, 2025

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

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  Exclusive

  Caltech picks new CIO to manage $4.6B+ endowment

  February 18, 2025

  The California Institute of Technology has chosen Ken Lee as its new chief investment officer.

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  Limited Partners

  Tulane’s deputy CIO departs endowment for Commonfund’s outsourced CIO unit

  February 5, 2025

  Commonfund’s $16 billion outsourced CIO solutions business appointed former Tulane investor Julia Mord as its chief investor.

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  Limited Partners

  Johns Hopkins taps Georgetown CIO as new investment head

  January 24, 2025

  Michael Barry, the current CIO at Georgetown University’s endowment and retirement plan, will join JHU as chief investment officer and vice president of investments in February.

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  Commentary

  The biggest allocator moves of 2024

  December 24, 2024

  From chief investment officer departures and appointments to an axing of an entire board of trustees, the past year has been marked by tectonic shifts at some of the world’s largest LPs.

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  Limited Partners

  Yale’s endowment returns trail peers in private market exit drought

  October 28, 2024

  Yale University’s endwoment returned 5.7% for the 2024 fiscal year.

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  Commentary

  Do we need to compare Ivy League endowment returns?

  October 23, 2024

  Harvard University’s FY 2024 endowment returns came in just below Columbia and Brown’s figures.

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  Limited Partners

  Harvard’s endowment returns lag Columbia, Brown

  October 18, 2024

  Harvard University’s endowment saw a 9.6% return for FY 2024, coming in below returns at Columbia and Brown.

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