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...report found that university endowments declined an average of 18.7 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, confirmation that Harvard has not been alone in suffering large endowment losses—though the average university’s losses have been significantly less severe...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Large University Endowments Down Average of 20.5 Percent | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...with endowments valued at $1 billion or more reported the largest declines—an average of 20.5 percent—according to a report released yesterday by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Harvard’s investment losses this past year amounted to 27 percent of the endowment’s total value, or about $10 billion...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Large University Endowments Down Average of 20.5 Percent | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

Several of Harvard’s wealthy peer institutions faced similar losses in fiscal year 2009. Last year, Yale’s endowment—higher education’s second largest after Harvard—fell 25 percent, and Stanford’s endowment fell by 27 percent...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Large University Endowments Down Average of 20.5 Percent | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

Despite last year’s shock to the endowment, Harvard’s endowment returns over the past 10 years have beaten those of university endowments on average, according to figures from NACUBO’s report. Harvard’s endowment has grown 8.9 percent since 1999, while the average university endowment netted a 4 percent gain...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Large University Endowments Down Average of 20.5 Percent | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

These alternative assets contributed significantly to the decline in Harvard’s endowment—private equity holdings, which represented 13 percent of the University’s portfolio in 2009, fell 31.6 percent. Harvard Management Company’s investment strategies came under fire in the past year for investing the University’s endowment in private equity and other illiquid assets, which could not be sold easily to meet cash obligations...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Large University Endowments Down Average of 20.5 Percent | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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