ChainCatcher reports that, according to CoinDesk, as expectations for traditional asset returns decline, several university endowments are adjusting their investment strategies and beginning to allocate to cryptocurrency ETFs. Harvard University and Brown University have disclosed holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in their latest 13F filings.
Kim Lew, CEO of Columbia Investment Management, stated that expected returns and alpha from traditional asset classes will both be compressed, forcing institutions to go further along the risk curve and explore new strategies. Carlos Rangel of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation pointed out that if an 8% return cannot be achieved, the traditional foundation model will be difficult to sustain.
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