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Women-Led Venture Capital Firm Launches First 'PropTech' Fund

Era Ventures has launched a new $88 million fund targeting start-ups that are innovating the global real estate market, Founder and Managing Partner Clelia Warburg Peters confirmed.

10.02.24
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Georgetown Diverse Manager Numbers Relatively Flat

The share of diverse managers in Georgetown University’s roster within its approximately $3.3 billion endowment dipped last year fol­lowing four straight years of growth, according to its latest diversity report.

09.04.24
Smithsonian Diverse Manager Pool Sees Slight Growth
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Smithsonian Diverse Manager Pool Sees Slight Growth

The Smithsonian Institution has increased its domestic assets under management invested with minority- and women-owned investment managers within its approximately $2.5 billion en­dowment, according to a new report.

09.04.24
Consultants Should Look Beyond Ownership In DEI Efforts: NEPC
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Consultants Should Look Beyond Ownership In DEI Efforts: NEPC

Diverse-owned managers provide an im­portant solution, but not the only one, as endowments and foundations implement investment strategies or policies that in­corporate diversity, equity or inclusion goals into their portfolio management.

12.07.23
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Prime Buchholz Boosts Diverse-Owned Manager Options For Clients

Prime Buchholz has grown its roster of diverse man­agers that it recommends to institutional clients.

08.02.23
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FEG Recommends 151 Diverse Mgrs., 296 Strategies Across Clients

Investment consultant FEG Investment Advisors disclosed the number of diverse managers and strategies that it recommends to clients during its inaugural Diverse Manager Road Series event held March 8 in Dallas.

06.07.23
Foundations Lead Diverse Manager Efforts In Nonprofit Space
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Foundations Lead Diverse Manager Efforts In Nonprofit Space

Many nonprofits have set ambitious goals for allocating more of their portfolios to di­verse-owned asset managers in recent years, with many publicizing the efforts and prog­ress as they go along.

01.11.23
Diversity Yields Increased Capital For Private Equity Firms: Study
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Diversity Yields Increased Capital For Private Equity Firms: Study

Private equity firms with higher levels of diversity are more like­ly to receive greater capital from leading institutional investors, according to a new report from McKinsey.

12.07.22
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VC Space Must Pivot Toward DEI Investments, Diverse Mgrs.: Report

While diversity, equity and inclusion investments garner atten­tion from the broader industry, U.S. venture capital firms have dedicated less than 2% of their assets to DEI investments, a new study finds.

12.07.22
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MacArthur Foundation Reaches Diversity Goal Ahead Of Schedule

The MacArthur Foundation has surpassed its goal of investing at least 20% of its approximately $8.2 billion investment portfolio with firms led by managers of color or women, Spokeswoman Kristen Mack said, in an e-mail.

12.07.22