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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Yale endowment, run by Swensen protégé Matt Mendelsohn, is nearing a deal — code-named “Project Gatsby” — to offload about $2.5 billion of private equity stakes, according to people ...