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May 22, 2013
A new study from the Alternative Investment Management Association says institutional investors want to put more money into hedge funds, despite recent modest performance, but they don't want to pay too much.
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March 04, 2013
Returns expectations have ebbed since the glory days, partly due to institutions’ quest for the Goldilocks of investments.
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September 04, 2012
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March 01, 2012
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December 09, 2011
CIO Peter Gilbert finds a $1 billion endowment can exploit opportunities denied to bigger funds, such as his former employer, the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System.
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September 01, 2011
Ascension Health’s Josh Kaplan is redesigning the portfolio to look at varying economic environments, which is giving more exposure to hedge funds
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November 01, 2010
The Commonfund’s Lyn Hutton says chasing returns & an overreliance on diversification led investors into the abyss.
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July 01, 2010
The U.K.'s second-largest private sector pension fund makes a big bet.
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August 24, 2009
The University of Arizona has ditched traditional asset allocation in favor of a system that gives it more leeway to invest in hedge funds.
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June 03, 2009
Former CIO of Dartmouth College brings pension and endowment expertise to Credit Suisse.
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May 18, 2009
Finance director Anthony Lennie will remember 2008 as the year hedge funds passed muster.
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April 17, 2009
Michael Hennessy discusses the endowment model and the future of alternative investing.
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February 24, 2009
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation isn't the only charitable organization addicted to one stock.
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February 24, 2009
To balance a portfolio skewed heavily toward Frosted Flakes and Rise Krispies, Kellogg Foundation CIO Paul Lawler has taken 35 percent of assets and put them in a portfolio filled with hedge funds and other alternatives. Lawler has seen the value of the foundation's assets decline under his care. At the end of January, it had $6.4 billion, almost 24 percent below its high-water mark.
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January 23, 2009
Britt Harris comes back to Texas to revive Teacher Retirement System in Austin.
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October 24, 2008
Andre Perold sees a teachable lesson in risk management during credit meltdown.
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