As returns fade, Aswath Damodaran lays out 4 red flags about alternative investmentsAswath Damodaran shares a word of caution for those exploring alternative investments. He points out the pitfalls of exaggerated diversific...
18 Jun, 2025, 08.51 PM IST
In new attack, Trump spending bill would hike taxes on elite collegesA U.S. House-passed spending bill proposes increasing the tax on investment gains for wealthy private universities, potentially reaching 21...
23 May, 2025, 02.56 PM IST
Harvard University said to be exploring $1 billion of private equity stakes saleHarvard University is reportedly in discussions to sell private equity fund interests worth approximately $1 billion, advised by Jefferies ...
25 Apr, 2025, 08.04 AM IST
From investments in Tencent to Zoom, Hillhouse founder Lei Zhang is one of the world’s richest financiersZhang met with Zoom’s Yuan in Menlo Park, California, before an early funding round in February 2015. Yuan explained the business and his e...
28 Apr, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
A day after Trump's disapproval, Ivy League schools Harvard, Yale & Princeton reject US relief aidThe colleges and universities were offered $14 billion as part of a $2.2 trillion rescue package.
23 Apr, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
Charity begins in the classroom! When Ratan Tata and Indra Nooyi donated to universitiesA look at top bosses who wrote a hefty cheque to foreign universities.
27 Oct, 2017, 01.40 PM IST
Yale university to rename its Calhoun College in honor of Grace Murray HopperYale University President Peter Salovey announced on Saturday that scrapping the name of Calhoun College and renaming it in honor of Grace ...
13 Feb, 2017, 01.32 AM IST
Indian investment veteran appointed endowment chief at HarvardN P Narvekar, 54, has been appointed the president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company (HMC).
01 Oct, 2016, 02.59 PM IST
University of California Irwin returns USD 3 million grant for Hindu studies chairIn another letter, UCI students and faculty expressed concern over DCF donation, and the impact it might have on the credibility of Hindu s...
23 Feb, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
Indra Nooyi becomes Yale's biggest alumni donorThe Indian-born PepsiCo Chairperson & CEO will inaugurate the Fifth Decade Innovation Fund at the school.
13 Jan, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Yale School of Management names deanship chair after Indra NooyiNooyi’s gift being the most generous to date should be higher than the $8.9 million (Rs 58.80 crore) given by the school’s largest donor so...
13 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
- Stanford tops Harvard in gifts
Gifts for capital purposes, such as endowments and construction, increased 14%, while total contributions jumped 8.2%.
16 Feb, 2012, 03.00 AM IST
- Harvard's endowment drops sharply amid recession
The total value of Harvard University's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the elite institution's portfolio wa...
11 Sep, 2009, 05.35 AM IST
Cut in scholarships melts foreign dreamsReduced scholarships and a shrinking job market are forcing students to defer their plans of studying abroad.
14 Jan, 2009, 10.31 AM IST
- Yale varsity finds value in distressed corporate debt
Yale University, whose endowment dropped $5.9 billion in six months because of the recession, is pursuing a recovery by acquiring distresse...
03 Jan, 2009, 01.35 AM IST
- Yale to pump up aid by over $80 mn a year
Yale University said on Monday it is joining an expanding group of elite US colleges under pressure from parents, lawmakers and alumni to m...
16 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Harvard endowment looks to regain lost sheen
Mohamed El-Erian took over the management of Harvard University’s $29.2-billion endowment, the world’s largest, five months after its previ...
16 Dec, 2006, 03.13 AM IST