Commonfund has reopened its online diverse manager portal to receive due diligence materials from women and minority managers on a permanent basis.
A permanent school fund approved issuing an RFP to create a new emerging manager program.
Propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests this spring and summer, endowments and foundations are becoming more committed to underwriting Black-owned or women-owned investment managers, according to a recent webinar.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and investment consultant Albourne Partners recently collaborated to release a free diversity and inclusion questionnaire available to alternative investment managers, the organizations announced.
Executive search firms need to ensure they have a slate of qualified diverse candidates possessing “must-have” skills to introduce to their asset management clients, new research finds.
The San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based firm, which was launched in 2006, has doubled its assets under management in the last three years to just under $300 million and is performing at a high rate coming out of the downturn created by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Founder and CIO Gerry Frigon.
Registration is now open for an emerging and diverse manager research day for public and private markets managers to be held virtually next month.
Bank of America is looking to include more diverse-owned investment managers, the firm announced last week.
Universities continue to pull back the curtain on the diversity of their endowments with responses to an inquiry from two congressmen.
This month we dive into the details of the newest diverse and emerging manager investment report from the New York City Retirement Systems.