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European and US foundations focus on endowment investment
2 June 2008
Alliance magazine
The European Foundation Financial and Investment Officers Group (EFFIO) and the US-based Foundation Financial Officers Group (FFOG) convened the first ever joint conference on endowment investments on 15-17 April in London. Entitled ‘Investing Endowments in a Global World: Foundations' Perspectives and Practice’, it brought together over 100 chief investment officers, chief financial officers and board members responsible for investments from some of the largest independent European and US foundations, with a collective asset base in the region of €130 billion.
The Wellcome Trust and the Nuffield Foundation co-hosted this event, with the support of the European Foundation Centre (EFC).
