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<p>Preface ix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiii</p> <p><b>PART I ACADEMIC ENDOWMENTS</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Academic Endowments Overview 3</b></p> <p>The World of Endowments 4</p> <p>History of Endowments 6</p> <p>Academic Endowments in the Context of the Investment World 7</p> <p>Large Academic Endowments 7</p> <p>Implications for Individual Investors 17</p> <p>Summary 19</p> <p>Notes 20</p> <p><b>Chapter 2 Historical Endowment Performance 21</b></p> <p>Investment Returns 22</p> <p>Asset Allocation 28</p> <p>Summary 30</p> <p>Notes 31</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 A Look Inside Endowments 33</b></p> <p>Endowments Are Different 33</p> <p>Endowments Define Asset Classes Broadly 35</p> <p>Endowments Achieved a One-time Sophistication Improvement 36</p> <p>Endowments Are Nimble 36</p> <p>Endowments are Evaluating Approaches to Managing Tail Risk 37</p> <p>Endowments also Manage Working Capital 38</p> <p>Endowments Manage Liquidity Carefully 39</p> <p>Endowments are Changing their Approach to Performance Measurement 41</p> <p>Summary 41</p> <p><b>PART II PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Jonathan Hook, Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>The Ohio State University 45</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 5 Guy Patton, President and CEO</b><br /><b>The University of Oklahoma Foundation 57</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Bruce Zimmerman, Chief Investment Officer University of Texas Investment Management Company 69</b></p> <p><b>PART III PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 7 James H.C. Walsh, Chief Investment Officer Cornell University 81</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Sally J. Staley, Chief Investment Officer, and Anjum Hussain, Director of Risk Management Case Western Reserve University 95</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 9 Mary Cahill, Vice President of Investments and Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Emory University 113</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 10 Don Lindsey, Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>George Washington University 125</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 11 Scott W. Wise, President</b><br /><b>Rice Management Company 141</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 12 James (Jim) Hille, Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Texas Christian University 153</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 13 Jeremy Crigler, Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Tulane University 167</b></p> <p><b>PART IV ADVISORS AND MANAGERS</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 14 Sandy Urie, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Celia Dallas, Co-Director of Research and Managing Director</b><br /><b>Cambridge Associates 181</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 15 Lyn Hutton, Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Commonfund 199</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 16 Thruston Morton, CEO and Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Global Endowment Management 217</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 17 Mark W. Yusko, CEO and Chief Investment Officer</b><br /><b>Morgan Creek Capital Management 231</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 18 Rafe de la Gueronniere, Principal</b><br /><b>New Providence Asset Management 247</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 19 Bob Boldt, Chief Executive Officer</b><br /><b>Boldt Ventures 267</b></p> <p>Conclusion Concepts for Individual Investors 281</p> <p>Lessons for Individual Investors 281</p> <p>Trends 288</p> <p>Predictions for Endowments 292</p> <p>Summary 294</p> <p>Glossary 297</p> <p>About the Authors 307</p> <p>Index 309</p>

<b>JOHN BASCHAB</b> is Senior Vice President at Technisource, a leading business services company and a division of SFN Group. He was a cofounder and president of consulting services at Impact Innovations Group before successfully selling the company to Technisource in 2005. After receiving his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Baschab worked as a technology consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the Chicago office of management consultancy Booz & Company. He began his career at AT&T following graduation from the University of Alabama. John is an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University. <p><b>JON PIOT</b> received a bachelor of science from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and provided consulting services to Fortune 500 companies at management consultancy Booz-Allen Hamilton. As co-founder and CEO of Impact Innovations Group, Jon led the sale of Impact Innovations to Technisource in 2005 and was part of the executive team responsible for the sale of Technisource to Spherion Corp. He is currently the managing partner at Redpoint Capital, a private equity investment group, and an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University.</p>

"University endowment managers have generally outperformed the market benchmarks. However, their knowledge has not been well documented in any book. This book fills that gap and should be of significant help to all those who want to learn from extensive interviews with a number of endowment managers."<b>—PREM JAIN,</b> McDonough Professor of Accounting and Finance, Georgetown University <p><b>Learn how higher education's largest endowments consistently achieve higher investment returns than the overall market.</b></p> <p>The Chief Investment Officers who oversee the top academic endowment funds manage over $400 billion in total assets. Over the last ten years (1999–2009), large endowments returned an average of 6.1%, compared to the S&P 500 index average of –2.22%, an outperformance difference of over 8%. With the recent sharp economic downturn, and a decade of inflation-adjusted flat returns in the overall equities market, institutional and individual investors alike are looking to endowments for proven strategies for improving the performance of their portfolios. <i>Outperform: Inside the Investment Strategy of Billion Dollar Endowments</i> interviews top CIOs from leading endowments, to detail how they consistently outperform the market, what they predict for the coming years, and how small investors can employ their investment philosophies.</p>

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