James Comtois

1 day ago | institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois

After years of underperformance and as Ivy Leagues face federal funding freezes, Yale is considering selling off a portion of its private equity holdings on the secondary market. A spokesperson confirmed in an email to Institutional Investor that the university is working with Evercore and “exploring a sale of private equity fund interests.” While Yale did not provide a target price for the sale, PEI Media initially reported that it could be as high as $6 billion.

1 week ago | institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois

After decades of outsourcing, a private foundation is managing its portfolio in-house — a rare move among its peers. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is putting together its investment team — its first since outsourcing its portfolio to Cambridge Associates in 2005. To lead the effort, Knight has hired private family office vets Rebecca Carland as its chief investment officer and Shanna Charles as director of investment operations.

1 week ago | institutionalinvestor.com | Stephen Taub |John Crabb |James Comtois

So much for being uncorrelated to the stock market. Commodity trading advisors, also known as managed futures, mostly posted losses in March amid the global sell-off in stocks. This is not supposed to happen. Several funds have stayed in the black for the year, but many fell more than the stock market.

1 week ago | institutionalinvestor.com | John Crabb |James Comtois

sarayut Thaneerat/Getty Images Tiger Cubs and their offspring enjoyed mixed success in March. But they still mostly managed to beat the S&P 500 in what wound up being a losing month for the index. What’s more, most of the felines continued to outperform the broad market indices for the quarter thanks in large part to their short books, underscoring their ability to live up to the “hedge fund” moniker. To continue reading, subscribe now to Premium Journalism. Already a subscriber? login.

2 weeks ago | institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois

With Alaska’s budget woes growing and markets becoming more precarious, the state’s $80.1 billion Permanent Fund is feeling the pressure to deliver on its return objectives. As the state’s main source of general-purpose revenue, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. has a critical responsibility to its stakeholders — something its Chief Investment Officer Marcus Frampton is acutely aware of.