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Active Portfolio Management
Ricahrd C. Grinold and Ronald N. Kahn, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000
AGB Board of Directors Statement on Conflict of Interest
AGB Board of Directors, 2009
AGB Glossary of Financial Terms
AGB, 2008
AGB Statement on Board Accountability
AGB Board of Directors, 2007
All About Hedge Funds
Robert A. Jaeger, McGraw-Hill, 2003
An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investing
David F. Swensen. The Free Press, 2000
Are the Rich Necessary?
Hunter Lewis, Axios Press, 2007
Asset Allocation: A Handbook of Portfolio Policies, Strategies, and Tactics
Robert Arnott and Frank J. Fabozzi, eds., Probus Publishing Co., 1988
Classics: An Investor’s Anthology
Charles D. Ellis and James R. Vertin, eds., Dow-Jones Irwin, 1989
Commonfund's Benchmark Studies®
Commonfund Institute, Foundations Report, Healthcare Report, Operating Charities, Revised Annually
Creating and Using Investment Policies: A Guide for Nonprofit Boards
Robert P. Fry, Jr., Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
Debt Is Not the Issue
Commonfund Institute Whitepaper, 2005
Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market
James K. Glassman and Kevin A. Hassett, Times Books, 1999
Endowment Asset Management
Shanta Acharaya and Elroy Dimson, Oxford University Press, 2007
Endowment Management
William T. Spitz, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Board Basics Series, 1997
Endowment Management
John S. Griswold, AGB Board Basics Series--Financial Matters 2007
Endowment Management, A Practical Guide
Jay A. Yoder, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2004
Endowment: Perspectives, Policies, & Management
William F. Massy, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1990
Endowment-Spending Policies
Financial Responsibilities of Governing Boards
William S. Reed, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2001
Foundation & Endowment Investing
Lawrence E. Kochard and Cathleen M. Rittereiser, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008
Foundation Trusteeship, Service in the Public Interest
John Nasson, Council on Foundations, 1989
Funds for the Future: College Endowment Management for the 1990s
J. Peter Williamson, The Common Fund in cooperation with Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and National Association of College and University Business Officers, 1993
Governance. Your Board: Dynamic or Dysfunctional?
Commonfund Institute, Monograph Series, 2005
Guidebook for Directors of Nonprofit Corporations
George W. Overton and Jeannie Carmedelle Frey, eds., American Bar Association, 2002
Handbook of Alternative Assets
Mark J.P. Anson, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006
Hedge Fund and Absolute Return Strategies
Commonfund Institute, Monograph Series, 2005
How Efficient is Your Frontier?
Commonfund Institute Whitepaper, 2003
How to Write an Investment Policy Statement
Jack Gardner, Marketplace Books, 2003
Inflation: Avoid that Sinking Feeling
Commonfund Institute, Monograph Series, 2005
Investing in a Sustainable World
Matthew J. Kiernan, PhD, AMACOM 2009
Investment Management - Meeting the Noble Challenges of Funding Pensions, Deficits and Growth
Foreword by Joel Chernoff, Edited by Wayne H. Wagner and Ralph A. Rieves, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009
Investments
William F. Sharpe and Gordon J. Alexander, 4th ed., Prentice-Hall, 1989
Irrational Exuberance
Robert J. Shiller, Princeton University Press, 2000
Margin of Excellence – The New Work of Higher Education Foundations
Edited by Rick D. Legon, © AGB 2005
NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE)
NACUBO and Commonfund, Revised Annually
Nonprofit Governance - Laws, Practices and Trends
Bruce R. Hopkins and Virginia C. Gross, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009
Nonprofit Investment Policies
Robert P. Fry, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
Performance Expectations and Reality: Smaller vs. Larger Endowments
Commonfund Institute, Monograph Series, 2005
Performance Presentation Standards
Financial Analysts Federation, adopted as amended by the Committee for Performance Presentation Standards, April 1990
Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment
David F. Swensen, Free Press, 2000
Plight of the Fortune Tellers
Riccardo Rebonato, Princeton University Press, 2007
Principles of Real Estate Investment
Commonfund, 2000
Risk Bucketing – Keeping an Eye on What Is Important
Commonfund Institute Whitepaper, 2005
Spending Policy for Educational Endowments
Richard M. Ennis and J. Peter Williamson, The Common Fund, 1976
Strategic Asset Allocation
John Y. Campbell and Luis M. Viciera, Oxford University Press, 2002
Strategic Finance, Planning and Budgeting for Boards, Chief Executives, and Finance Officers
by Kent John Chabotar © AGB 2006
Succeed in Private Capital Investing
Commonfund, Revised 2003
The Asset Allocation Debate: All About Alpha
Commonfund Institute, Monograph Series, 2005
The Complete Guide to Securities Transactions
Wayne H. Wagner, ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1989
The Financial Analyst’s Handbook
Sumner N. Levine, ed., 2nd ed., Dow-Jones Irwin, 1988
The Handbook of Nonprofit Governance
BoardSource 2010
The Handbook on Private Foundations
David F. Freeman, Council on Foundations, 1991
The Investment Committee
John H. Biggs, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Board Basics Series, 1997
The Law and the Lore of Endowment Funds
William L. Cary and Craig B. Bright, The Ford Foundation, 1969
The Management of Investment Decisions
Donald B. Trone, William Allright, Philip Taylor, Irwin Books, 1996
The Nonprofit Policy Sampler, Second Edition
© 2006 BoardSource
The Role of Hedge Funds in Nonprofit Investment Management
Commonfund, Revised 2005
The Standards of Measurement and Use for Investment Performance Data
Investment Counsel Association of America, 1988
The Yale Endowment, Updates 1996-2008
Yale University Press
Understanding the Four Levers of Fiduciary Responsibility
Commonfund Institute Whitepaper, 2005
Welcome to the Jungle - A Business Officer's Guide to Independent School Finance and Operations
Mari Brown and Marc Levinson, NBOA 2009
Why Do We Feel So Poor?
Commonfund Institute Whitepaper, Reprinted 2004
Winning the Loser’s Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing
Charles D. Ellis, McGraw-Hill, 5th Edition 2010