How Alternative Investments Saved the Day for Big University Endowments

University endowments, battered by stock-market losses, posted their worst fiscal year since the financial crisis. The largest funds, however, were helped by higher allocations to alternative investme...

Ivy League Endowments Brace for Losses With Private Equity Values Tumbling

(Bloomberg) — Princeton, Harvard and Yale generated robust returns for their endowments in recent years, fueled in part by billions of dollars of investments in private equity and venture capita...

How America’s Wealthiest Colleges Are Getting Richer Faster Than Schools With Small Endowments

Harvard has America’s largest endowment at $53 billion as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. Getty The booming stock market of late 2020 and early 2021 produced an exceptional year for college ...