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Yale Posts 12.3% Gain as Endowment Reaches Record $29.4 Billion

  • Endowment is among those boosted by alternative investments
  • Chief Investment Officer David Swensen has led fund since 1985

A tour group makes a stop at the Sterling Memorial Library on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

Photographer: Craig Warga/Bloomberg
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Yale University, the second-largest endowment in higher education, posted a 12.3 percent investment gain on the strength of its alternative investments.

The value of Yale’s endowment rose to $29.4 billion for the year ended June 30, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school saidBloomberg Terminal Monday in a statement. The value is a record, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.