Boston University Investment Office
Our Mission
The Boston University Investment Office seeks to support the mission of the University through effective stewardship of the Endowment ($3+ billion).
Boston University is the 4th largest private, not-for-profit, residential research university in the US, with over 35,000 students and annual revenue in excess of $2.5+ billion.
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Our Goals
Today, our Endowment distributions support ~4% of the University’s annual operating budget and our goal is to provide stable near-term and growing longer-term operating support.
Both of these characteristics shape our investment strategy:
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Equity dominance to grow
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Ability to accept short-term volatility for greater longer-term returns
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Diversification to ensure sustainable annual operating budget support
Intergenerational Equity
We strive to preserve (and enhance) the real purchasing power of the Endowment by delivering attractive risk-adjusted and absolute returns over time.
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Manager Partnerships
In pursuit of these objectives, our team of experienced investment professionals seeks to build robust partnerships with best-in-class managers by:
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1. Being an effective fiduciary that:
- Supports investment managers through cycles
- Invests:
- With a focus on quality and value
- With a long-term, contrarian perspective
- Creatively and flexibly
- Globally and across all asset classes
- Diversifies to compound value over time
- Rebalances for risk control
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2. Partnering closely with managers who:
- Value their investors’ partnership
- Incorporate long-term perspectives
- Offer well-integrated investment philosophy/strategy and portfolio management
- Seek to capitalize on competitive advantage and/or dislocation
- Prioritize organizational excellence