Venture Capital

Posted on September 27, 2016 • 2 days, 19 hours ago

Sequoia Israel — which raised five funds to invest specifically in Israeli startups, with the last two funds in the region of $200 million (£154 million) — will be folded into Sequoia's US operation in Silicon Valley. That means Sequoia will continue to back startups in Israel but investments will be made out of Sequoia's global fund as opposed to a fund operated out of Israel. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures

Posted on September 28, 2016 • 1 day, 23 hours ago

In this world of heightened competition for LP money, what do LPs want to see in prospective fund investments? According to Elsea this can be broken down into three key elements. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Weathergage Capital

Hedge Funds

Posted on September 27, 2016 • 2 days, 21 hours ago

As hedge funds hemorrhage cash at the fastest pace since the financial crisis, a new crop of money managers is starting to buck the trend in Europe with backing from some of the industry's biggest names, including George Soros and Donald Sussman at Paloma Partners LLC.    Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Eurekahedge, Capital Management

LPNEWS

Posted on September 29, 2016 • 19 hours, 5 minutes ago

DeAnne Mannion is the lead portfolio manager at Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, or OPERS, where she oversees $40 billion worth of assets, including hedge funds, non-U.S. and U.S. equity, emerging market debt, U.S. and global high yield. Ms. Mannion was recently named on Trusted Insight’s ranked list of Women Rising Stars In Institutional Investing.  Full investment news article

LPNEWS

Posted on September 29, 2016 • 22 hours, 33 minutes ago

Stanford University’s investments declined 0.4 percent for the year through June 30, a period when many of the richest and top-performing endowments struggled with volatile markets. Stanford’s fund rose in value by less than 1 percent to $22.4 billion as of Aug. 31, due to gifts and other funds transferred into the endowment, the school in a statement Wednesday on its website. Stanford’s fiscal year ends in August but the school provided a return through the period when most college ... Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Stanford Management Company

Venture Capital

Posted on September 27, 2016 • 2 days, 18 hours ago

In May of last year, Ifty Ahmed was accused by federal regulators of conning his former employer — the venture capital firm, Oak Investment Partners — out of $65 million. Now, Ahmed suggests, Oak is doing the conning, and he says the stakes are even higher. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Goldman Sachs, Oak Investment Partners

Real Estate

Posted on September 28, 2016 • 1 day, 16 hours ago

Interview with Ivano Ilardo, CEO, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management on the opportunities in Italian commercial real estate.  Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : BNP Paribas

Endowment

Posted on September 27, 2016 • 2 days, 22 hours ago

Dartmouth College joined two Ivy League peers in posting an investment loss for the year ended June 30, as college endowments struggled with volatile markets. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Dartmouth College Investment Office, Harvard University

Hedge Funds

Posted on September 29, 2016 • 16 hours ago

It’s that time of year again, time to count with envy all the money made by elite university endowments. Well actually, no, not this year. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : Yale University Investments Office, Harvard Management Company

Activist

Posted on September 27, 2016 • 2 days, 22 hours ago

The University of Pennsylvania and University of Notre Dame announced they would keep their fossil fuel investments despite pushes from student groups. Both universities said their schools would be harmed by completely moving away from fossil fuels. Full investment news article

Relevant to this post : University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania Office of Investments