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Finance and Administration Committee - III. Minutes of Last Meeting1covering costs and helping the University functions day in and day out. Thatis driven by just the Investment Pool and not the other endowments. Later,we will look at the individual distributions on an annual basis from theearnings and capital gains and then some expenses that are covered throughthe various distributions in the growth of the Pool on an annual basis.Executive Director Mecherle then showed the current asset allocation for thePool as of June 30, 2011. It is comprised of two broad categories, traditionalassets and alternate assets. Today, Common Stock/Domestic Equity is 15.1%and International Equity (also Common Stock) is 19.3%. Then there is debt orGlobal Fixed Income at 9.1%. In 1983 the Pool was reconstructed to broadenthe Asset Allocation into what would be considered a more institutionalprofile, which includes the following alternative categories. PrivateEquity/Venture Capital constitutes approximately 18%, and Alternatives(hedge funds and funds of funds) are 20.5%. Next, Real Assets, which makeup a mix of assets like royalty in natural gas partnerships or timberproperties, comprised 18.5%. The Pool itself looks like what you wouldexpect an endowment or any other large institutional investment pool to looklike. It is a mix of traditional asset classes and then those other threecategories that are almost solely the purview of institutional players.He then presented the Pool’s year-by-year performance. Over the last twofiscal years there was a positive number of 13.3% and a positive 20.6%. Thelast two down years reflect the recession and credit crisis. In fiscal year 2009– the performance was a negative 24%. Virtually every endowment acrossthe country is still dealing with the effects of that, but the performance hasrecovered considerably over the last two fiscal periods. (This is a goodsnapshot of what you would expect a diversified portfolio to be overtime.)The far left shows the remaining effects of a credit cycle that was much morenormal than the one we just recently had, as well as the recession that cameout of the 2001/2002 period. The ten-year compounded annual return is4.94%. Since 1983 the compounded annual return is 10.4%. The fourflat/negative years affected the ten-year period shown.The performance goals of the Pool include three broad categories ofmeasurement and objective that you would see with any endowment. 1)Absolute Return or Portfolio Return versus Inflation, often calledintergenerational equity, which is preserving the purchasing powers of theassets in place for future generations. Typically this is measured by inflationbut takes in account expenses. 2) Asset Class Returns versus Market Indicesis a broad barometer, where the Fund is compared to broad indices that arepublic and easily measurable. 3) Finally, a peer comparison.46