Top Colleges’ Liquidity Pressured by Weak Private Equity Returns

 

• Study finds Brown, Harvard, Princeton face more liquidity pain
• Schools may need to tap new sources of cash for spending needs

Elite US universities have long been private equity trailblazers, plowing billions of dollars into the asset class.

But a chorus of industry leaders has declared an end to the era of easy profit, and that’s pressuring schools to more delicately balance their spending needs as returns on the asset class dwindle.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/top-colleges-liquidity-pressured-by-weak-private-equity-returns