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HBCUs Can Benefit From Access To Alts, Risk Management Support To Optimize Returns: Study

The investment returns of historically Black college and university endowments have lagged their non-HBCU peers for the past three years and a new study finds this may be due to HBCUs having smaller allocations to alternatives, less risk tolerance and significantly fewer investment management resources.

02.07.24
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Healthcare Corporations Urged To Release Investment Diversity Data

Ten of the largest nonprofit hos­pital corporations in the U.S. have been asked to release investment diversity information by three or­ganizations.

01.11.24
Stanford Declines To Provide Details On Diverse Manager Initiative
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Stanford Declines To Provide Details On Diverse Manager Initiative

Stanford Management Company, the investment management arm of Stanford University, has declined to disclose the results of its Diverse Manager Initiative launched in the first quarter of 2022 to invest in diverse-led investment managers.

12.07.23
Cal Increases Assets Managed By Diverse-Owned Firms By 10%
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Cal Increases Assets Managed By Diverse-Owned Firms By 10%

The University of California’s allocation to diverse-owned partners across its $18 billion endowment and $80 billion pen­sion increased by approximately 10% to $21.4 billion of its actively managed as­sets, according to its 2022 Diversified Returns report.

10.04.23
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CAPTRUST Lays Out First Steps For Nonprofits To Improve Diversity

The nonprofit sector is the third largest employer in the U.S. and is looking to cul­tivate more inclusivity amongst its ranks at a time when more than two thirds of pub­lic and private foundations, 68%, consider diversity, equity and inclusion a priority for their organizations, according to CAP­TRUST Financial Advisors.

10.04.23
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Georgetown’s Diverse Mgr. Representation Moves Back Over 25%

Diverse investment manager representation within George­town University’s approximately $3.3 billion endowment ticked up in 2023 but remains relatively static year-over-year despite the addition of five new U.S.-based managers and the elimination of two other firms, according to a new report.

09.13.23
Smithsonian Has Nearly 40% Of Endowment With Diverse Mgrs.
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Smithsonian Has Nearly 40% Of Endowment With Diverse Mgrs.

The Smithsonian Institution has released its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, disclosing that it has nearly 40% of its domes­tic assets under management invested with minority- and wom­en-owned investment managers.

09.13.23
MITIMCO Named ‘Best Emerging Manager Program’: Survey
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MITIMCO Named ‘Best Emerging Manager Program’: Survey

The approximately $25 billion Massachusetts Institute of Technology Investment Manage­ment Company has been named as having the “Best Emerging Manager Program” based on a survey of global fintech platform Clade’s insti­tutional clients.

08.02.23
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Bill Promoting Endowment Transparency, Diversity Reintroduced

U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have reintroduced a bill to help ensure colleges and universities are providing oppor­tunities to women and minority asset managers, according to an announcement.

07.06.23
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Bank It: Elizabeth Park Forges Ahead Amid Banking Sector Struggles

Launching an asset management firm amid the global financial crisis with banks shuttering and hedge funds liquidating is far from how most would draw up their foray into starting their own firm.

06.07.23