Yale Endowment

Harvard's Endowment Drops Sharply Amid Recession

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


BOSTON — The total value of Harvard's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the Ivy League institution's portfolio was ...

Yale Endowment Drops 25 Percent Amid Financial Turmoil

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University said Tuesday its nearly $23 billion endowment has dropped 25 percent to about $17 billion in recent months du...

Yale Alumni Want 'College' Named After Chief Investment Officer

Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business


I've written before about Yale's vow not to sell naming rights to its two new colleges to the highest bidder. Their tradition is to name colleges afte...

College Endowments: Rich Get Richer

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, t...

Ivy Funds Caught Up In Loan Shark Accusations

Bloomberg | Brian Kladko | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities' endowments are being accused of backing a loan with 42 percent interest, twice the legal limit, according to...

Yale Endowment Grows By 28 Percent

New York Times | Geraldine Fabrikant | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Yale Endowment, which has led the academic world in investment performance over the last decade, posted a 28 percent return yesterday for the fisc...