Alternatives
Firm has launched a new initiative to provide capital to funds managed by diverse and emerging alternative investment managers.
Institutional investors looking to include diversity, equity and inclusion metrics in their due diligence processes and through implementing diverse private markets manager programs will find their efforts lead to outperformance, according to a recent whitepaper from Mercer.
Ariel Investments has launched Ariel Alternatives, a private asset management firm dedicated to expanding the minority ownership of firms.
Women-owned private equity manager Prelude Growth Partners has closed its second fund after reaching its hard cap.
Xponance has launched an alternatives platform to expand into the private markets.
The number of women- and minority-owned private equity firms continued to increase in 2020 and ended the year with more than 500 firms, according to an annual report by private equity fund-of-funds Fairview Capital Partners.
