# CFRM 532: Endowment & Institutional Investment Management Institutional investing taught by the University of Washington Investment Management Company (UWINCO) endowment team and prominent external fund managers. The course format will combine lectures and case studies. Guest speakers provide capital market and asset class reviews along with current practice and opportunities. Throughout the quarter, students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of investment topics and interact with outside investment managers and CIO’s to discuss unique investment strategies. Course topics include: endowment policy and philosophy, spending and asset allocation, currency strategy, emerging markets investing, quantitative equity investment strategies, hedge funds, private equity, and fixed income. Reading assignments will form the basis for class discussion. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cfrm.franco.biz/program/third-quarter/cfrm-532-endowment-and-institutional-investment-management.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.