Stanford Management Company (SMC)

Stanford Management Company (SMC) is the office within Stanford University that invests the Endowment and other financial assets to provide long-term support to the University. The Endowment and other gifts to the University support the academic mission. These financial resources provide vital support to the University’s mission by advancing pioneering research, supporting a world-class faculty, and funding student financial aid. SMC provides expert investment management and stewardship of the Merged Pool, which includes substantially all of Stanford’s investable endowment assets.

Asset allocation

6% Natural Resources

8% Real Estate

30% Private Equity

21% Absolute Return

10% Fixed Income & Cash

19% International Equity

6% Domestic Equity

Website

View the annual report

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Asset allocation as of July 31, 2020. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website