A New York-based Trust has begun a search for minority and women-owned investment managers.
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A $1.3 billion pension fund in Illinois has issued its RFP for minority-, women- and disabled-owned domestic core-plus fixed-income managers.

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The $3.6 billion Kresge Foundation will invest 25% of its U.S. assets under management with women- and diverse-owned firms, according to an announcement last month.

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The $13.1 billion Ford Foundation has hired Fairview Capital Partners to launch a new investment fund targeting diverse, women- and minority-owned venture capital and private equity firms, Fairview Co-Founder and Managing Partner Laurence Morse confirmed.
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Kirk Sims has landed his “trophy job” as the director of the $145 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ emerging manager program.
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Vulcan Value Partners has re-opened its three domestic large-cap equity strategies to new investors, Director of Communications Ashley Morris confirmed.
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The $17.8 billion State Universities Retirement System of Illinois will hold its first “Diverse Manager Week” in August.

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Meketa Investment Group met with 20 emerging and diverse investment managers at its fifth dedicated research day held last month, the firm said.
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On April 16, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a Risk Alert on Investment Adviser and Broker-Dealer Compliance Issues Related to Regulation S-P – Privacy Notices and Safeguard Policies. These issues were identified in recent examinations of registered investment advisers and provided in the Alert to assist advisers in providing compliant privacy and opt-out notices and adopting and implementing effective policies and procedures for safeguarding client data.
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Matarin Capital Management has launched two indexes that aim to allow investors to capture a “patience premium” it has identified through its proprietary research.
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A consistent investing approach has kept Blue Cloud Ventures aloft as its sets its sights on a fundraise for the firm’s fourth fund next year.

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The $1.3 billion Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Retirement Fund will issue an RFP for minority-, women and disabled-owned domestic core-plus fixed-income managers this month, Executive Director Sue Boutin said.
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The $55.8 billion Los Angeles County (Calif.) Employees Retirement Association will reissue its RFP for fixed-income emerging managers, Staff Counsel John Harrington confirmed, in an e-mail.
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Graystone Consulting Institutional Consulting Director Tim Sharpe died in a plane crash on April 21.

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Oberlin College has hired Jun Yang as its cio, effective April 22,
Spokesman Scott Wargo confirmed, in an e-mail.
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