2025-12-10 13:12:49

Dan Och's family office just brought on board someone from Columbia University's endowment team to run their investment operations. This isn't an isolated move—there's been a noticeable pattern of ultra-wealthy individuals poaching talent from major nonprofit investment arms lately. Makes you wonder if these endowment pros have developed some kind of institutional wisdom that private wealth managers are eager to tap into.

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HalfPositionRunner

· 35m ago

Big whales scoop up people, proving that the academic school indeed has some skills.

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WhaleWatcher

· 17h ago

They're poaching again, this time from Columbia. But to be fair, the endowment side definitely has some skills, and their money management logic is still different.

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DefiPlaybook

· 12-10 13:42

According to data, the phenomenon of transitioning from university endowment funds to family offices is actually quite worth analyzing—the risk control framework and long-term return models of endowment funds have indeed outperformed the index within the traditional financial system, supported by historical data. But I want to ask in return: are these people really moving up the制度红利 or just engaging in routine talent market circulation? From three perspectives: first, the risk appetite differences of family offices; second, the misalignment of return objectives; third, the "greener pasture illusion" caused by information asymmetry... It seems a bit too superstitious about the endowment fund model.

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LiquidatedAgain

· 12-10 13:21

It's starting again. Major players are digging into non-profit organizations. Frankly, it's still the same approach—who can set the risk control points the tightest and calculate the liquidation price accurately. The university fund folks are playing exactly like this. If only I had known earlier, they manage donation pools, while we are concerned with whether there's a chance to top up before liquidation.

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