Women portfolio managers proportionately outperform their male counterparts despite underrepresentation in the management of institutional investment portfolios – leaving money on the table for investors, a recent report showed.
Sourcing opportunities for diverse private equity managers continues to provide challenges despite a growing emphasis on seeding and anchoring the firms, according to a recent report from Pitchbook.
Investment consulting firm Prime Buchholz has developed an internal system to collect and share data around the diversity of investment managers with its clients, Principal and Director of Engagement and Communications Valentina Dingle said, in an e-mail.
Pugh Capital Management is celebrating 30 years in existence while positioning itself for the future.
Investment consulting firm Arnerich Massena has spent the last several years doing an inward assessment of its business and also its efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion.
The plan is in the process of restarting its emerging manager program.
While firms conduct academic research to expand on their knowledge of investment management and portfolio analysis, the research is empirical in nature, backed by data, has numerous sources and can most often be found on networks such as the Social Science Research Network, according to the experts.
Producing academic research papers provides a unique opportunity for exposure and feedback for emerging managers, however, the resources and time needed to allocate to the effort can be a significant hurdle for smaller managers, according to experts on the topic.
Like the view of the Loop neighborhood from its namesake bridge in Chicago, private equity firm Kinzie Capital Partners has had the goal of “constantly ever changing” since its inception in 2017.
Vergent Asset Management’s team and structure have helped it grow in a tough cycle and position the firm to take advantage of increased investor interest in the emerging and frontier markets.
