UT endowment clawings its way back

The University of Tennessee endowment is now at about $563MM, after taking a Great Recession hit of more than $209MM in value and now having recovered more than $73MM of that loss. The KNS reports.

VU endowment drops

On roughly a par with the erosion of the Vanderbilt University endowment as reported earlier this year, VU today announced that for the year ending June 30, 2009, the endowment stands $2.8 billion, a drop of 16.3 percent from year-earlier's $3.5 billion (prior to the full effects of the market crash).

VU exec says criticism of Harvard finance unfair

Vanderbilt Associate Controller Kevin Walker reportedly told the Harvard Crimson that criticism of Harvard's investment and debt-management performance is unfair, given the unforeseeable nature of the recession and derivatives spiral. Vanderbilt, itself, has thus far outperformed many of its peers, through the recessionary period.

VU endowment fund outperforms

Sixteen beats 30: Vanderbilt University's endowment fund outpaced peer funds by a few lengths, declining $600MM in value, to $2.9 billion, roughly a 16.5 percent drop at the midpoint in F2009 (Dec. 31) -- compared with peer institutions' average 22.9 percent loss, and the S&P 500's drop of 30 percent, according to a VU release out today. Earlier reports of VU losing up to 30 percent seem to have been premature.