Paula J. Volent ’97 reflects on her experience working with former Yale CIO David Swensen on his seminal book, Pioneering ...

Apr. 24—In a sign of the headwinds facing universities, Yale University is seeking to sell a major chunk of its private equity holdings, a class of long-term investments that helped grow its endowment ...

David F. Swenson, the chief investment officer of Yale University’s endowment, says most endowments are on a fruitless search for market-beating returns and should abandon active management in favor ...

BOSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Yale University said on Tuesday that its endowment produced an investment loss of 24.6 percent in the fiscal year ended June 30, when big bets on private equity holdings, ...

Three decades later, Yale’s $30 billion endowment trails only Harvard’s in size, and traditional domestic assets make up less than one tenth of the portfolio. That capital goes instead to funding ...

Yale University's endowment grew by billions during the last fiscal year — further securing its spot as the second wealthiest private university in the nation. As of June 30, Yale's endowment was ...

Right after Patrick Calves wrote about “continued momentum in the secondaries market, supported by both cyclical and structural tailwinds” in last week’s FFF, Yale University’s plans to sell up to $6 ...

Is David Swensen the new Warren Buffett? Mr. Buffett, one of the richest men on the planet, has educated and entertained investors for years with his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.

David Swensen has been called “Yale’s $8 billion man, opens new tab” for outperforming the average university endowment by that amount during the first 20 years of his tenure as Yale’s Chief ...