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CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dunn: Wake Forest trustees voted to hire Bernie Madoff in blind test
“So I gave them this big Wilshire book of 400 pages. It had this strategy, and I said, this is the kind of book that you typically get from a consultant. And it was a manager that was on the board of NASDAQ, and he was doing this and that. Eight billion dollars…”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 22:47 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Supported
Dunn: Post-2008 illiquidity forced university endowments to borrow or reduce payouts
“After the crisis, because you had a lot of schools that basically were illiquid because they had hedge funds that locked up on them, private equity distributions, and these schools didn't have the money to pay their distribution. So they were stuck. And now so…”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 19:33 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dunn: Bridgewater provides eight return factors while PE and activists deliver one
“Bridgewater has about eight factors that drive their return. And you know what they are, their country, their currency, their momentum, duration, spread. And they can tell you, they have the sheet. And when we run our returns-based analysis, we get very close …”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 33:24 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Supported
Dunn: In 1955, 90% of US car buyers rejected a $27 seatbelt
“37,000 Americans died in car accidents in 1955. That's six times today's rate adjusted for miles driven. And it was because seat belts were a 27 dollar upgrade And 90% of people didn't want that upgrade.”
Jim Dunn Jul 29, 2021 ▶ 44:04 Julia Bonafede – Rosetta Analytics (Manager Meetings, EP.04)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dunn: Jamie Dimon Called Him in 2008 Seeking Seed Money Back
“You know, I had in 2008, we were down 13% in our larger portfolios and I still had Jamie Dimon calling me at home wanting his Lehman, his Bear Stearns, one 30 30 seed fund money back.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 12:42 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Partly supported
Dunn: Wake Forest endowment lost 28% in 2008
“Looking at Wake Forest again, they had lost two, 28% in 2008 before I joined.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 21:01 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Contradicted
Dunn: 85% of Wake Forest endowment payout funds financial aid
“For Wake Forest, 85% of the payout goes to financial aid.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 21:35 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Partly supported
Dunn: Wake Forest spent $50M yearly against $14M in gifts
“So you're spending fifty million dollars every year, And you're bringing in 14.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 24:56 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Supported
Dunn: Duke endowment had $5B and 28 staff vs Wake's $700M and 6
“Duke is five billion with 28 people. We're awake with 700,000,006.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 26:39 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dunn: Verger pays 75 bps for legacy managers now charging 3-and-25
“And we were paying, you know, 75 basis points for some of these managers that now charge three and 25. But we've been there for 15 years, and we've got capacity.”
Jim Dunn Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 30:20 Jim Dunn – Protect, Perform, Provide (Capital Allocators, EP.24)
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