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.
The employees pension plan is looking for a manager-of-managers in the domestic equity, international and emerging markets equity and private equity spaces.
The recent widespread protests of racial inequality have led many asset owners to consider how they can activate their investment portfolios to advance racial and social equity, according to a recent report.
This month we announce the winners of our annual Emerging Manager Awards.