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Sargent: Median buyout fund beat public markets 6% annually over 20 years
“And if you look at history and you cut out the most recent vintages that are not mature, but look at the 20 years of vintages before that, and you look at buyout funds versus a public market equivalent like MSCI World, the median buyout fund has outperformed t…”
Kimberly Sargent Aug 14, 2023 ▶ 40:39 Kimberly Sargent – Passion and Mission at the Packard Foundation (EP.333)
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Sargent: Yale's historical outperformance split evenly between allocation and selection
“I remember seeing some analysis that suggested that half of the value that Yale had added over time relative to peer endowments was from asset allocation and half was manager selection.”
Kimberly Sargent Aug 14, 2023 ▶ 11:15 Kimberly Sargent – Passion and Mission at the Packard Foundation (EP.333)
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Sargent: Packard portfolio had just five line items when she joined
“There were five line items in the portfolio, a few index funds, and a lot of HP stock.”
Kimberly Sargent Aug 14, 2023 ▶ 13:28 Kimberly Sargent – Passion and Mission at the Packard Foundation (EP.333)
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Sargent: Foundations hold 10% to 15% less in private assets than endowments
“So you have this massive denominator effect that can occur in the foundation portfolio, which is why you see a lot of foundations holding 10, 15% less in private assets than a lot of university endowments.”
Kimberly Sargent Aug 14, 2023 ▶ 16:15 Kimberly Sargent – Passion and Mission at the Packard Foundation (EP.333)
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