Bruce MacDonald

4 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 6, 2026 by Bruce MacDonald · across every show →

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Apr 6, 2026 positive
Disclosure
VCU Diffuses Risk by Requiring Its Entire Team to Meet Prospective Managers
“We do team-based underwriting. There is a lead on every investment. Everybody on the team plays some kind of role in the process, and everybody on the team has to meet the manager. It diffuses ownership of that idea so that folks might be incrementally willing…”
Bruce MacDonald Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 46:13 Bruce MacDonald – The Playbook for Building a Mid-Sized Endowment from Scratch (EP.495)
Apr 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
MacDonald Was Fired After UVIMCO's Endowment Dropped 20% During the GFC
“I was at UVIMCO when the GFC hit. Our five billion dollar endowment went to four billion. As the guy with risk in his title, when you lose 20%, sometimes somebody has to take the fall, and I was that person.”
Bruce MacDonald Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 19:59 Bruce MacDonald – The Playbook for Building a Mid-Sized Endowment from Scratch (EP.495)
Apr 6, 2026 positive
Insight
Sub-$200M Venture Funds Offer Asymmetric Outcomes That Established Mega-Funds Cannot Match
“We should have more managers who are at that smaller level of the fund sizes, two hundred million and below, where their outcomes could be a 50 X or an 80 X. There's good reasons to invest with established managers. You end up paying a lot in fees for returns …”
Bruce MacDonald Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 52:17 Bruce MacDonald – The Playbook for Building a Mid-Sized Endowment from Scratch (EP.495)
Apr 6, 2026 bullish
Insight
Large Endowments Must Lean Heavily Into Direct Co-Investments to Generate Alpha
“What we would do differently is lean a lot heavier into co-investments, direct investments. We have a fairly sizable allocation, high single digits. That's where the alpha would be when you get to that size is being able to do more concentrated single name pos…”
Bruce MacDonald Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 52:56 Bruce MacDonald – The Playbook for Building a Mid-Sized Endowment from Scratch (EP.495)
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