The late David Swensen, longtime chief investment officer for Yale University, has been rightly lauded for creating a ...

He hired Paula Volent, a Yale School of Management student, to help file documents. Swensen encouraged the newbie to ask ...

To understand the significance of the new research, from Verdad Advisers, a bit of background is helpful. Private equity, of ...

David Swensen is the chief investment officer of Yale University's $19.4 billion fund. He is also the author of an excellent book, Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal ...

Yale University’s $41 billion endowment, led for decades by the late investing giant David Swensen, has been the envy – and the blueprint — for many US universities eager to secure their ...

Institutional investors have no shortage of portfolio construction models. One of the most well-known is the "Yale Model," popularized by the late David Swensen, who managed Yale University' ...

David Swensen has beaten the market, and others want to as well. Cultural momentum has gathered around the endowment model — stripped down to its private markets tilt — and herding offers job ...

Is David Swensen the new Warren Buffett? Mr. Buffett, one of the richest men on the planet, has educated and entertained investors for years with his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.

David Swensen Is Great for Yale. Is He Horrible for Investing? Illustration by Zoe van Dijk. How the Yale Model ate endowments — and everything else. July 31, 2019.