The opportunity for backing woman- and minority-owned private equity and venture capital firms “is at record levels,” according to an annual report from private equity fund-of-funds Fairview Capital Partners.
The $22 billion State Universities Retirement System of Illinois has announced the launch of its online diverse manager portal.
Close to 60% of new hires and promotions at public and private markets managers were with non-racially diverse people in 2022, results from Meketa Investment Group’s recently released diversity, equity and inclusion questionnaire show.
Jason Howard, co-head of the private equity diverse manager effort at GCM Grosvenor, has left the firm.
Appreciation and encouragement of diverse skillsets within a team is a key facet to building and sustaining a successful investment firm, according to a fireside chat held at last month’s New York State Teachers’ Retirement System’s 13th annual MWBE Investments and Professional Services Conference.
Investment managers have notably increased the diverse representation of their workforces, particularly with Black members of the C-suite, according to the results of Segal Marco Advisors’ 2022 Survey of Investment Managers on Internal ESG Policies.
Meketa Investment Group will hold its next virtual emerging and diverse manager research day for public and private markets in April, the firm announced.
Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, co-founders and managing partners of venture capital firm Collide Capital, have intentionally sat at the intersection of different ecosystems throughout their careers – a move that has helped their firm thrive.
With the Securities and Exchange Commission having stalled on diversity-related recommendations, a panel at the National Association of Securities Professionals’ Diverse Manager Forum finds the two recommendations the SEC has implemented were the “least impactful.”
Political uncertainty and adding value to portfolios in response to volatile markets are two main themes for investment heads at various institutions, according to a panel at the National Association of Securities Professionals’ Diverse Manager Forum held in Philadelphia on Jan. 19.
Our second annual feature looking at the efforts being made to build the pipeline of diverse talent.