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Michelle Knudsen

Chief Investment Officer, NYU · Person

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Michelle Knudsen - Chief Investment Officer, NYU. Tracked across 43 mentions in podcasts and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.

What Michelle Knudsen has said

Will Fox was the managing partner for the U.S. at Partners Capital when Michelle Knudsen joined the firm.

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Before Michelle Knudsen became CIO, the New York University endowment portfolio consisted mainly of bottom-up, fundamental, US-based corporate equity and some credit securities.

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During her later years at the firm, Michelle Knudsen helped initiate a separately managed account platform and a direct co-investment portfolio at Partners Capital.

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Will Fox was the managing partner for the U.S. at Partners Capital when Michelle Knudsen joined the firm.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

Before Michelle Knudsen became CIO, the New York University endowment portfolio consisted mainly of bottom-up, fundamental, US-based corporate equity and some credit securities.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

During her later years at the firm, Michelle Knudsen helped initiate a separately managed account platform and a direct co-investment portfolio at Partners Capital.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

During Michelle Knudsen's tenure, Partners Capital grew from approximately $6 billion in assets under management and 60 employees to $30 billion in AUM and nearly 300 employees.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

When Michelle Knudsen joined Partners Capital, the firm was known as an "institutional investment office" as the term "OCIO" was not yet widely used.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

When Michelle Knudsen joined New York University, less than 15% of the endowment was in private assets.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

Within three months of Michelle Knudsen's arrival, the New York University investment office implemented a new governance structure and a new asset allocation framework.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

The New York University endowment grew from under $2 billion in 2010 to $6.5 billion by the time Michelle Knudsen joined as CIO.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

During Michelle Knudsen's tenure, Partners Capital's global headcount increased from about 60 to nearly 300 people.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

During Michelle Knudsen's tenure of nearly a decade, Partners Capital grew from approximately $6 billion to $30 billion in assets under management.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

Michelle Knudsen began her career at Goldman Sachs in 2008, during the financial crisis.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

In the last two years, the New York University endowment has backed a Fund 1, a new launch hedge fund, and a couple of Fund 2s as part of its strategy to invest in emerging managers.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

For years prior to its portfolio transformation, the Mellon Foundation's returns were primarily driven by its private equity investments.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

New York University's endowment established a co-investment portfolio in 2024 and plans to scale it from a "crawling" to a "walking" phase over the next two years.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

An investment opportunity exists in public markets for nimble, size-constrained asset managers who can trade around short-term volatility while focusing on medium- to long-term company potential.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

In recent years, there have been frequent mismatches between the duration of an investment opportunity and the structure of the fund vehicles offered by managers.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

A key risk in public markets is the underappreciation of the medium- to long-term impact of private markets and AI.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

In addition to restructuring its portfolio, the New York University investment office has built out a completely new technology stack.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

Partners Capital opened a New York office to be physically closer to the heavy concentration of emerging managers located in New York City.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

The Chief Investment Officer of the Mellon Foundation, Scott Taylor, believed the liquid portion of the foundation's portfolio needed to be structured to drive returns.

Expert perspectiveMichelle KnudsenJul 27

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