The Investment Strategy Behind Harvard’s Record Endowment — and How It Fell Apart
Big Take30 Syys 2024

The Investment Strategy Behind Harvard’s Record Endowment — and How It Fell Apart

Harvard University’s endowment fund is larger than the endowment of any other university on the planet. That’s, in part, because of a pioneering investment strategy. But in recent years, the returns haven’t measured up to rival universities like Yale or Brown.

Bloomberg’s Janet Lorin joins host David Gura to talk about how Harvard University’s early edge seems to have waned in the midst of changing leadership and strategies.

Read more: Harvard’s Not-So-Smart Money: Two Decades of Poor Returns and Rich Pay

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