Intentionality in incorporating diversity in an investment portfolio is incumbent on the institutional investor, according to a fireside chat held at the New York State Insurance Fund’s 13th Annual MWBE Investment Symposium in New York on Feb. 23.
Large institutional investors have begun the work toward transparency and accountability that will eventually move the needle from a diversity, equity and inclusion perspective.
The $3.6 billion Dallas Employees’ Retirement Fund will resume in-person open house seminars for Next Generation Managers this year following their postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asland Capital Partners had masks and hand sanitizer in January 2020, but it’s the private real estate emerging manager’s philosophy and process that helped it truly navigate the COVID-19 pandemic less than two years after launching.
Black-owned asset manager Blueprint Capital Advisors will get a court date in a longstanding federal lawsuit filed against the New Jersey Division of Investment and others.
The past year may prove to be an inflection point for transparency in the investment management space, though changes remain incremental.
Osmosis Investment Management has sustained its own success by staying focused on what they have from the start: sustainability.
Eddie Ramos recently joined Macquarie Group’s Optimum Trust Fund as a global investment officer and independent director. Prior to that, he spent roughly two years with the $92.3 billion New Jersey Division of Investment, helping to launch the institution’s emerging manager program this year after joining in 2020 as its first diversity portfolio manager.
Kevin Silverman has seen the recent market volatility spurred on by inflation and the Fed’s effort to tamp it down, and where others may see trouble, he sees opportunity.
Former Northern Trust Asset Management President Shundrawn Thomas has launched a private investing firm aiming to provide growth capital and support to business operators.
