Cornell University’s $5.3 billion endowment will be overseen by AJ Edwards, who was recently appointed as chief investment officer after serving as interim CIO since last May.
The search for a new CIO began in 2010, when James Walsh left to form a new hedge fund – Cayuga Partners. He had previously been based in the UK and had spent 11 years at Hermes Investment Management. Edwards became interim CIO when Michael Abbott...