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Advantages of a<br />

Directed Trust:<br />

• No requirement to diversify trust investments/assets<br />

– Can hold large concentration in one stock (public or closely-held)<br />

• Ability to provide broad asset allocation models for trust assets, for example:<br />

Harvard University Endowment:<br />

Yale University Endowment:<br />

Foreign Bonds<br />

2%<br />

Domestic<br />

Bonds<br />

5%<br />

Publicly<br />

Traded<br />

Commodities<br />

2%<br />

High Yield<br />

2%<br />

Inflation-<br />

Indexed Bonds<br />

4%<br />

Domestic<br />

Equities<br />

13%<br />

Foreign<br />

Equities<br />

13%<br />

Domestic<br />

Equity<br />

Natural<br />

6%<br />

Resources<br />

7%<br />

Foreign<br />

Equity<br />

8%<br />

Bonds and<br />

Cash<br />

4%<br />

Private<br />

Equity<br />

35%<br />

Natural<br />

Resources<br />

15%<br />

Emerging<br />

Marketings<br />

13%<br />

Real Estate<br />

12%<br />

Private<br />

Equities<br />

19%<br />

Source: Harvard University Endowment,<br />

Harvard Management Company, 2012<br />

• Investment committee responsible for initial due diligence and quarterly monitoring of investment assets<br />

Absolute<br />

Return<br />

18%<br />

– Directed administrative trustee does not have to interfere<br />

• Excellent control and flexibility in both up and down economic cycles<br />

Source: Yale University Endowment,<br />

Yale University Investments Office, 2012<br />

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Real Estate<br />

22%<br />

31

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