CWPIM

Scott Malpass serves as Chief Investment Officer, a role he assumed in 2022. Malpass previously spent 32 years managing the University of Notre Dame's endowment, growing it to roughly $19 billion and earning a reputation as one of the top-performing endowment CIOs in the United States. He leads the firm's investment committee alongside a team that includes former Notre Dame investment office colleagues (per Pensions & Investments, 2023).

CWPIM specializes in institutional fixed-income and public equity separate-account mandates. The fixed-income strategies center on investment-grade corporate credit and structured products, while the equity strategies emphasize concentrated, valuation-driven large-cap domestic portfolios. The firm does not publicly market private-market, hedge fund, or real asset strategies.

CWPIM operates as a privately held, employee-owned registered investment advisor (RIA) based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998, the firm remained low-profile until its 2022 operational re-launch with Scott Malpass as CIO. The partnership structure means investment professionals hold equity, aligning their incentives with long-term client outcomes rather than quarterly asset-gathering.

No. Scott Malpass left his role as Notre Dame's CIO in 2020 after 32 years. CWPIM is a separate entity unaffiliated with the university. The endowment's current management team operates independently in South Bend, Indiana. Malpass joined CWPIM two years after departing Notre Dame (per Pensions & Investments, 2023).

CWPIM's strategies are distributed primarily through institutional consultant relationships, with a client base consisting of pension funds, endowments, foundations, and similar institutional allocators. The firm's minimums and vehicle structures are not publicly disclosed, but its separate-account model indicates institutional-scale mandate sizes.

CWPIM's public strategies focus on public-markets separate accounts rather than commingled funds or co-investment vehicles. The firm has not disclosed participation in GP-sponsored co-investment programs, club deals, or private-market direct investments. Its mandate architecture emphasizes liquid public portfolios managed on a discretionary basis.

The firm's 2022 reconstitution drew heavily from the network Scott Malpass built over three decades in endowment management. Public reporting indicates the investment team includes several former Notre Dame investment office professionals who followed Malpass to CWPIM. The employee-owned partnership structure is designed to retain senior talent through equity incentives rather than revenue-sharing or carried-interest models common in private-markets firms.