Endowment

After years of turmoil at the top, Harvard is reversing its long-standing commitment to managing most of its endowment money in house. The management company will lay off up to half its investment staff and spin out its real estate business.
A search is underway for a new leader of the $750 million university endowment.
The $4.5 billion Ivy League endowment needs a new investment chief.
The near-closure of the small Virginia college is a cautionary tale as enrollment and fundraising challenges increase for institutions of higher learning.
Columbia portfolio’s 23.6 percent gain leads its peers in 2011.
Mohamed El-Erian reveals what he learned about the odd ways of money managers while running Harvard’s endowment.
Six winners of U.S. Investment Management awards share their thoughts on the state of the world economy and the future of finance.
Last autumn, as the financial markets were going into free fall, University of Michigan CIO Erik Lundberg received a gift from one of the school endowment fund’s British asset managers.
When it comes to the Ivy League, the University of Pennsylvania has long operated in the shadow of Harvard and Yale.
Eric Doppstadt takes over as new CIO for Ford’s $9.2 billion endowment.