Investments/Endowments
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The Office of Investment Management oversees the day-to-day management of St. Olaf College's investment funds. We submit policies and practices appropriate for achieving investment and spending objectives to the Board of Regents.

To accomplish these objectives, the investment office provides reports, analyses, and recommendations on investment policies, asset allocation, and endowment spending to. 

The College's assets include Long-Term Investments, as well as non-endowed and other endowment-like funds that are broadly diversified among stocks, bonds, venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, and real estate.

In addition to benchmarking against various market indices, the College compares asset allocation, spending policies, and investment returns against a peer group of College's that include the Big Ten schools and similar private College's in the mid-West region.

Careful management of the College's investments is critical for the continued overall financial health of St. Olaf. The results enable us to compete for the highest quality students and faculty, and provide increasing financial support for university programs supported by the endowment.