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...recent op-ed in The New York Times by Yale chief investment officer David Swensen and his associate Michael Schmidt encouraged turning newspapers into “nonprofit, endowed institutions—like colleges and universities… [to enhance] autonomy while shielding them from the economic forces that are now tearing them down.” This is incredibly foolish, not to mention expensive: The last thing we need populating the news business is hundreds of lumbering, immortal white elephants sucking the talent out of the business of economically reporting news. Most damagingly, newspaper bailouts, endowments, and other artificial...
...some way to go. In the decade to August 2006, Oxford's central endowment delivered an annualized return of 6.7%. Over an almost identical period, an appetite for riskier investments helped Harvard's endowment return 16.7%. At Yale, the rate was 17.2%. (In a coup for Cambridge, David Swensen, the former Wall Street exec who has masterminded Yale's returns, now sits on the university's own Investment Board...
...investment officer of Man Global Strategies, one of the world’s largest hedge fund companies—to be its first professional in-house manager. Cavalla will be responsible for selecting external managers in a role similar to that of Yale University’s David F. Swensen, who has been advising Cambridge on the transition...
...really gave us some momentum,” Lau said. “It’s something we strive for every game.” Freshman forward Christina Hagner played a long, deep cross to the Cornell end line, and Lau headed it past Big Red keeper Carlyn Swensen for the quick lead. “It sets the tone for a game,” Harvard coach Erica Walsh said. “We always give that speech—‘let’s get an early goal.’ And when you actually...
Yale’s chief investment officer, David Swensen, who reportedly earned $1.15 million in 2004, has criticized Harvard’s high in-house salaries. Under his leadership, the Elis’ endowment has produced annualized returns of 17.2 percent over the past decade, Yale announced yesterday. Harvard’s 10-year annualized return is 15.2 percent, according to figures released by the University last week...