Outperform

Inside Billion-Dollar Endowments is a pragmatic guide for individual investors who want to use the proven investment strategies of large academic endowments. It provides a unique look into the world of endowment investing through extensive interviews with the CIOs of several dozen endowments, as well as other related endowment fund managers.

Table des matières

Preface ix
 
Acknowledgments xiii
 
PART I ACADEMIC ENDOWMENTS
 
Chapter 1 Academic Endowments Overview 3
 
The World of Endowments 4
 
History of Endowments 6
 
Academic Endowments in the Context of the Investment World 7
 
Large Academic Endowments 7
 
Implications for Individual Investors 17
 
Summary 19
 
Notes 20
 
Chapter 2 Historical Endowment Performance 21
 
Investment Returns 22
 
Asset Allocation 28
 
Summary 30
 
Notes 31
 
Chapter 3 A Look Inside Endowments 33
 
Endowments Are Different 33
 
Endowments Define Asset Classes Broadly 35
 
Endowments Achieved a One-time Sophistication Improvement 36
 
Endowments Are Nimble 36
 
Endowments are Evaluating Approaches to Managing Tail Risk 37
 
Endowments also Manage Working Capital 38
 
Endowments Manage Liquidity Carefully 39
 
Endowments are Changing their Approach to Performance Measurement 41
 
Summary 41
 
PART II PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
 
Chapter 4 Jonathan Hook, Chief Investment Officer
The Ohio State University 45
 
Chapter 5 Guy Patton, President and CEO
The University of Oklahoma Foundation 57
 
Chapter 6 Bruce Zimmerman, Chief Investment Officer University of Texas Investment Management Company 69
 
PART III PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
 
Chapter 7 James H.C. Walsh, Chief Investment Officer Cornell University 81
 
Chapter 8 Sally J. Staley, Chief Investment Officer, and Anjum Hussain, Director of Risk Management Case Western Reserve University 95
 
Chapter 9 Mary Cahill, Vice President of Investments and Chief Investment Officer
Emory University 113
 
Chapter 10 Don Lindsey, Chief Investment Officer
George Washington University 125
 
Chapter 11 Scott W. Wise, President
Rice Management Company 141
 
Chapter 12 James (Jim) Hille, Chief Investment Officer
Texas Christian University 153
 
Chapter 13 Jeremy Crigler, Chief Investment Officer
Tulane University 167
 
PART IV ADVISORS AND MANAGERS
 
Chapter 14 Sandy Urie, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Celia Dallas, Co-Director of Research and Managing Director
Cambridge Associates 181
 
Chapter 15 Lyn Hutton, Chief Investment Officer
Commonfund 199
 
Chapter 16 Thruston Morton, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
Global Endowment Management 217
 
Chapter 17 Mark W. Yusko, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
Morgan Creek Capital Management 231
 
Chapter 18 Rafe de la Gueronniere, Principal
New Providence Asset Management 247
 
Chapter 19 Bob Boldt, Chief Executive Officer
Boldt Ventures 267
 
Conclusion Concepts for Individual Investors 281
 
Lessons for Individual Investors 281
 
Trends 288
 
Predictions for Endowments 292
 
Summary 294
 
Glossary 297
 
About the Authors 307
 
Index 309

A propos de l'auteur

JOHN BASCHAB is Senior Vice President at Technisource, a leading business services company and a division of SFN Group. He was a cofounder and president of consulting services at Impact Innovations Group before successfully selling the company to Technisource in 2005. After receiving his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Baschab worked as a technology consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago office of management consultancy Booz & Company. He began his career at AT&T following graduation from the University of Alabama. John is an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University. JON PIOT received a bachelor of science from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and provided consulting services to Fortune 500 companies at management consultancy Booz-Allen Hamilton. As co-founder and CEO of Impact Innovations Group, Jon led the sale of Impact Innovations to Technisource in 2005 and was part of the executive team responsible for the sale of Technisource to Spherion Corp. He is currently the managing partner at Redpoint Capital, a private equity investment group, and an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University.

Résumé

"University endowment managers have generally outperformed the market benchmarks. However, their knowledge has not been well documented in any book. This book fills that gap and should be of significant help to all those who want to learn from extensive interviews with a number of endowment managers.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Baschab, Joh Baschab, John Baschab, John Piot Baschab, Baschab John, Jon Piot
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 19.09.2014
• EAN: 9781118961841
• ISBN: 978-1-118-96184-1
• Pages: 288
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie privée; Kapitalanlage, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Kapitalanlagen u. Wertpapiere, Investments & Securities