{"id":1319,"date":"2018-03-16T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/private-wealth\/newsroom\/institutional-investor-endowments-and-foundations-take-a-hard-pass-on-cryptocurrencies\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:10:07","slug":"institutional-investor-endowments-and-foundations-take-a-hard-pass-on-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/private-wealth\/newsroom\/institutional-investor-endowments-and-foundations-take-a-hard-pass-on-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Investor: Endowments and Foundations Take a Hard Pass on Cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;125310&#8243;]Ninety-six percent of endowments and foundations do not currently invest in cryptocurrencies \u2014 and they have no immediate plans to do so.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This is according to the latest quarterly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/insights\/march-2018-endowment-foundation-survey-results-infographic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a>\u00a0by consulting firm NEPC, which measured the sentiment of non-profit investors toward asset classes and investment options including electronic currencies like Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Just 2 percent of the endowments and foundations surveyed said they were currently invested in cryptocurrencies, while another 2 percent said they were considering doing so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The institutional community moves a bit slower,&#8221; explained Scott Perry, partner at NEPC, who noted the sector&#8217;s high volatility and lack of regulation as potential detractors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutionalinvestor.com\/article\/b179flw4y4hnbf\/endowments-and-foundations-take-a-hard-pass-on-cryptocurrencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full Institutional Investor article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.institutionalinvestor.com\/article\/b179flw4y4hnbf\/endowments-and-foundations-take-a-hard-pass-on-cryptocurrencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nepc.com\/private-wealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/download.png\" alt=\"download.png\" width=\"424\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;125310&#8243;]Ninety-six percent of endowments and foundations do not currently invest in cryptocurrencies \u2014 and they have no immediate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1261,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"newsroom_categories":[81],"newsroom_tags":[91,83],"class_list":["post-1319","newsroom","type-newsroom","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newsroom_categories-in-the-news","newsroom_tags-endowments-foundations","newsroom_tags-press-coverage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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