The $625 million Oberlin College endowment is looking to add hedge fund managers across all strategies, as well as international and emerging market equity managers.
The $1.8 billion Cleveland Foundation has increased its allocation to alternatives. It tapped David Kempner Advisors for a $4 million event-driven strategy and Nevsky Fund for a $3 million investment in a global long-short position.
The $480 million El Pomar Foundation is considering searches for high-yield and small-cap equity.
The Culver Academies recently added a total of $14 million in sovereign debt, managed futures, global resources and long/short market neutral holdings to its $200 million endowment.
St. Olaf College's $275 million endowment has added several hedge fund and credit investments to its portfolio.
The ten-year-old Lumina Foundation for Education has increased its exposure to hedge funds.
Abilene Christian University is looking at global macro hedge funds as it increases the diversity of the $245 million endowment's alternatives allocation.
Case Western Reserve University has taken a hands-on approach to managing its roughly $1.5 billion endowment.
The $227 million endowment for the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., is considering adding a Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) investment.
The Lawrenceville School is considering adding inflation hedging investments in real assets such as commodities and natural resources for its $212 million endowment.
The $300 million Florida State University Foundation is looking to grow the private equity segment of its portfolio ten-fold over the next five to eight years to 10% of the total fund.
The $530 million Pepperdine University endowment is looking at distressed and hard assets to capture good opportunities for risk-adjusted returns.