Complaints by colleges about new taxes on their endowments is falling on deaf ears.
Yale beat Harvard and many of its elite peers.
The policy applies to traditional retail distributors, promoters and dealers.
A tiny Wisconsin college that invests in index funds is shaping up to be the one to beat among school endowments.
As with most Wall Street firms, men outnumber women on the firm's board.
They offer lessons learned from the financial crisis and their long-term view on investing.
The university got a gift of $50 million, but every cent had to be invested in a “socially responsible fashion.”
Each of the eight House sponsors have ties to schools, mainly as alumni, that may pay the tax.
The endowment's annual report criticizes Warren Buffett for overselling passive investing.
CalPERs divestment from tobacco reduced returns by as much as $3 billion from 2001 to 2014, according to an analysis.