Hedge Funds, Other Alts Crucial To Endowment, Foundation Portfolios: Survey
Marketable alternatives are a substantial and important component of many endowment and foundations’ portfolios, according to the Q2 2017 NEPC Endowment and Foundation Poll, a measure of endowment and foundation views on the economy, investing, and key market trends.
Hedge Funds Among Marketable Alternatives Gaining Popularity In Endowment, Foundation Portfolios
A survey from NEPC revealed 68% of respondents have more than 10% of their portfolios allocated to marketable alternatives, which includes hedge funds. This marks a notable increase from last year, when NEPC’s July 2016 survey found only 45% of respondents had at least 10% allocated to hedge funds.
Johns Hopkins Seeks Endowment Chief for $3.4 Billion Fund
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Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg Bursts Real Estate Bubble Speculation
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pledged support for the stimulus policies of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Sean Davey...
23 Stocks Hedge Funds are Shorting Like Crazy
Goldman Sachs’ latest Hedge Fund Trend Monitor identifies 50 stocks in its ‘Very Important Short Position List.’ It tracked the S&P 500 stocks with the highest total dollar value of short interest ou...
‘Silicon Valley is coming’ warns JP Morgan CEO | USAtoday
“Silicon Valley is coming,” Dimon said in a letter to its invested, which touched on technologies as varied as mobile payments, bitcoin, online LP Platforms such as Trusted Insight and peer-to-peer lending....
University of Virginia Is Reducing Public Equity Exposure
After stocks of higher growth companies tumbled in q1 2014. Good news: most other portfolios, including emerging markets, buyouts, venture capital, and real estate are doing well.
UTIMCO Met with 44 Potential Public Markets Managers Last Quarter, and Hired None
The Public Markets groups participated in 44 meetings/calls with potential managers. Serious
due diligence was initiated on five managers. No managers were hired
aiCIO - Mid-Size Endowments Miss Bond Bandwagon
(June 13, 2013) -- Data gathered from 831 US colleges and universities found the endowments from these institutions returned an average loss of 0.3%, net of fees, for the 2012 fiscal year....