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NACUBO Endowment Management Forum 2012

  • Mar 09, 2012 -- by Mark Faro

    Commonfund’s Griswold Talks Endowment Returns, Allocation Trends

    John Griswold, executive director of Commonfund Institute, talks to FEI’s Mark Faro about the findings of the latest NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments, from leaders’ returns to what’s coming for asset allocation trends.

  • Mar 01, 2012 -- by Mark Faro

    Ball State’s Heck Talks Europe Opportunities, Challenges

    FEI Managing Editor Mark Faro caught up with Tom Heck, chief investment officer at Ball State University, on the sidelines of the NACUBO Endowment Management Forum to talk about the investment opportunities and challenges the current crisis in Europe is presenting for foundations and endowments.

  • Feb 21, 2012 -- by Mark Faro

    Mercer’s Anderson Talks Reinsurance

    Dick Anderson, head of the higher education practice at Mercer in St. Louis, is studying reinsurance investment strategies.

  • Feb 17, 2012 -- by Mark Faro

    Russell’s Myers Recommends Inflation Strategy

    FEI’s Managing Editor Mark Faro caught up with Heather Myers, managing director at Russell Investments, at the NACUBO conference to ask about inflation hedging in the current environment. Listen to the podcast here.

  • Feb 10, 2012 -- by Kristina Monllos

    Grantham Touts Energy, Agriculture

    Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO, is bullish on energy and agricultural investment themes for the next 10-20 years.

  • Feb 10, 2012 -- by Kristina Monllos

    Endowments Eye Spending Decrease

    University endowments are looking to reduce spending.

  • Feb 09, 2012 -- by Mark Faro

    TCU Reduces Beta

    Texas Christian University has been paring back the beta for its $1.2 billion endowment, reducing it to 0.6 from 0.9 over the last six years, CIO Jim Hille told attendees today at NACUBO’s Endowment Management Forum at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.

Terrapinn Asset Allocation Summit

  • May 17, 2011

    Ole Miss Eyes Distressed Credit

    The roughly $500 million University of Mississippi Foundation is looking at distressed credit hedge funds.

  • May 17, 2011

    Ex-Texas Permanent Chairman: Alts Saved Us

    Rene Nuñez, former chairman of the roughly $26 billion Texas Permanent School Fund, told attendees at Terrapinn’s Asset Allocation Summit that alternative investments helped save the fund during the recent financial crisis.

NACUBO Endowment Management Forum

  • Feb 22, 2011

    Investment Chiefs Revisit Volatility Crisis Management

    The period after Lehman Brothers’ collapse was challenging for university endowment cios, as volatility and liquidity issues were heightened.

  • Feb 18, 2011 -- by Mark Faro

    Cambridge Offers Volatility Management Tips

    Endowment investors have been exposed to multiple challenges in volatile markets in the market turmoil of the past years, and some are bracing for more turbulence ahead.

  • Feb 02, 2011

    No Room For Novices On I-Committee

    The financial rollercoaster of the past few years has made it impractical to have financial novices on the investment committees for university endowments, according to James Forbes, chairman of the investment committee for Loyola University Maryland.

  • Jan 28, 2011

    NACUBO Conference Podcast

    Foundation and Endowment Money Management chat with non-profit experts at the NACUBO conference.

  • Feb 02, 2011

    China Looms Large Over NACUBO

    The emergence of China as a world power was a dominant theme at NACUBO’s Endowment Management Forum in New York last week.

  • Mar 02, 2011

    Tweeting From NACUBO

    The panels and presentations at the NACUBO Endowment Management conference were full of great investment tips and trends—but most entertaining were the unprepared asides.

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