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Advising Venture & Early-Stage Client: Issues Confronting Early-Stage Companies, Carroll D. Hurst
Advising Venture & Early-Stage Client: Issues Confronting Early-Stage Companies, Carroll D. Hurst
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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Advising Venture & Early-Stage Clients: Current Ear-To-The-Ground Assessment, Gary D. Leclair
Advising Venture & Early-Stage Clients: Current Ear-To-The-Ground Assessment, Gary D. Leclair
William & Mary Annual Tax Conference
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What Went Wrong: Prudent Management Of Endowment Funds And Imprudent Endowment Investing Policies, James J. Fishman
What Went Wrong: Prudent Management Of Endowment Funds And Imprudent Endowment Investing Policies, James J. Fishman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Most colleges and universities of all sizes have an endowment, a fund that provides a stream of income and maintains the corpus of the fund in perpetuity. Organizations with large endowments, such as colleges, universities, and private foundations, all finance a significant part of their operations through the return received from the investment of this capital. This article examines the legal framework for endowment investing, endowment investing policies, their evolution to more sophisticated and riskier strategies, and the consequences evinced during the financial crisis of 2008 and beyond. It traces the approaches to endowment investing and chronicles the rise and, …