Nile Capital Group has completed a minority investment in Welton Investment Partners, the firms announced.
Xponance has formed a partnership to build investment strategies around diversity data, the firm announced.
The $13.1 billion Public School Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago invested $6.2 billion with minority, women and disadvantaged-owned business enterprise firms in fiscal year 2021, the plan announced.
Applied Research Investments Partner and CIO Mark Lin departed the firm last month, leading several emerging manager programs to evaluate their mandates with the firm.
Prime Buchholz’s DEI data and scoring system has helped it recommend more diverse managers to its institutional clients, however, furtherance remains as 31% of recommended firms were in the lowest scoring DEI cohorts.
Plan Sponsors Establishing Purpose Behind Programs; Measurement Must Move Beyond Activity
Calls for diversity measurement in the asset management space are increasing, with investors, politicians and regulators leading the push for further transparency – with varying results.
The push and pull between direct emerging manager programs versus the utilization of emerging managers-of-managers has been consistent through the years, with an overall lack of movement on both ends.
The investment management industry is reevaluating how it defines and monitors diversity as conversations on the subject continue to gain momentum.
The focus on diversity within the institutional asset management industry has left non-diverse managers within the emerging manager space in a precarious position.
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