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Janet Lorin

New York

Reporter at Bloomberg News

Higher ed finance reporter at Bloomberg @business -- student loans, admissions, endowments and more. contributor @BW @BloombergRadio. George Polk Award winner

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  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Simone Foxman |Eliyahu Kamisher |Janet Lorin

    Mit dem Feldzug Donald Trumps gegen Harvard ist die Eliteuniversität in finanzielle Probleme geraten, die größer sein könnten als angenommen. Angesichts des Kampfs um staatliche Forschungsgelder sieht der Private-Equity-Investor Bill Ackman im Finanzportfolio der Universität potenziellen Abschreibungsbedarf in Milliardenhöhe.

  • 1 week ago | afr.com | Janet Lorin

    May 7, 2025 – 10.09am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Los Angeles | Billionaire hedge fund titan Bill Ackman has slammed his alma mater Harvard University, rattling off a list of concerns over how it has handled the conflict with President Donald Trump and arguing it needs a change in board leadership.

  • 1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Simone Foxman |Eliyahu Kamisher |Janet Lorin

    Bill Ackman said Harvard University’s endowment is heading for a painful financial reckoning as it weighs selling some of its private equity holdings while battling the Trump administration over federal research funding. A sale of private equity assets will only come at a “meaningful discount” to their valuation in Harvard’s $53 billion endowment, Ackman said Tuesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Other private equity investments should be marked down accordingly, he said.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Simone Foxman |Eliyahu Kamisher |Janet Lorin

    Bill Ackman dijo que la dotación de capital, o endowment, de la Universidad de Harvard se dirige a un doloroso ajuste de cuentas financiero, al tiempo que evalúa la venta de algunas de sus participaciones de capital privado, mientras lucha contra la administración Trump sobre la financiación federal para investigación.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Simone Foxman |Eliyahu Kamisher |Janet Lorin

    Bill Ackman at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6. (Bloomberg) -- Bill Ackman said Harvard University’s endowment is heading for a painful financial reckoning as it weighs selling some of its private equity holdings while battling the Trump administration over federal research funding.

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Janet Lorin
Janet Lorin @JanetLorin
9 May 25

House Republicans are considering increasing taxes on university endowments, a significant threat to some of the nation’s wealthiest schools as President Donald Trump seeks to tighten control over American higher education https://t.co/rwyByXfYKg

Janet Lorin
Janet Lorin @JanetLorin
9 May 25

Northwestern University is preparing for a potential tax increase on endowments, a move its chief investment officer labeled as "destructive" for higher education institutions in the US https://t.co/oaCDwdQ2uU

Janet Lorin
Janet Lorin @JanetLorin
9 May 25

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