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Religious K-12 Schools: Endowment Trends and Performance
Earlier this year, Commonfund Institute released the 21st annual Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Independent Schools (“CSIS” or the “Study”), reporting on key investment governance trends and insights... Learn More
The Iran War and the Gulf Energy Crisis
The Iran War and the gulf energy crisis are an (un)friendly reminder that diversification still matters. Early returns on the U.S. and Israel-led war with Iran in the Middle East offer an important...
Institutional Investors Lower 2026 Return Expectations Amid Geopolitical Risk
Nearly half of institutional investors surveyed expect the S&P 500 Index to have lower returns in 2026, compared to the 10-year average annualized return. Private equity and public equities cited as...
Will Oil Supply Shocks Impact Costs to Institutions?
The recent attacks in the Middle East have already triggered one of the most severe oil market disruptions in decades, sending shockwaves through global energy supply chains. Joint U.S. and Israeli...
Navigate Now: Takeaways from Commonfund Forum 2026
Commonfund Forum 2026, held in Hollywood, FL, brought together registrants from some 263 institutions with more than $238 billion in assets representing 38 states, 2 territories, and 3 foreign...
Study of Endowments - Key Highlights [Infographic] 2025
For fiscal year 2025, U.S. higher education endowments reported an average return (net of fees) on their endowment assets of 10.9 percent. In this infographic, we report the key highlights from the...
Evolving Landscape of Private Credit
Episode 9 In the latest episode of Commonfund OCIO Point of View, Julia Mord and Vincent Kravec discuss the evolving landscape of private credit, highlighted by its recent media attention and...
Commonfund Study of Independent Schools Released for FY2025
Gains Amid Uncertainty: Independent Schools Report 11.5% Return on Endowment Assets for FY2025; 10-Year average returns rise to 7.7% New Gifts to Endowments Rebound, Use of OCIO Increased Norwalk,...
Trends and Challenges in Higher Education
Join hosts George Suttles, Executive Director, and Amanda Novello, Sr. Policy and Research Analyst, in this episode of "Espresso Chats," a series by the Commonfund Institute serving up strong, short...
Fed Watching: How Will Policy Evolve Under Kevin Warsh as Chair?
President Donald Trump announced late‑January that, pending confirmation, Kevin Warsh would assume the position of Federal Reserve Chairman, succeeding current Chairman Jerome Powell whose tenure...
What Factors Influence Pricing in the LP-led Secondaries Market?
In private equity limited partners (LP)-led secondaries, one of the most common questions is, “what does pricing look like?” to which, a typical response might be, “it depends.” That response, while...
FY25 NACUBO-Commonfund Study Released
U.S. Higher Education Endowments Report Stable Returns, Increase Spending to $33.4 Billion in FY25 The NACUBO-Commonfund Study of 657 colleges and universities reports a 10-year average return of...
Investing in Real Assets and Sustainability
In a session hosted by the Commonfund Institute, Ethan Levine and Dan Connell, managing directors of CF Private Equity's real assets and sustainability team, discuss the importance of investing in...
AI's Productivity Payoff Is Here
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and the AI revolution took off, the central question was about whether the staggering sums being invested would ever fulfill the promise of boosting productivity.