Conference Coverage
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Private Fund Adviser rule is set to place a material burden on manager compliance efforts, particularly those of emerging managers, if ruled in favor of by the 5th Circuit Court.
Relationship building and communication were critical for managers facing a difficult fundraising environment in 2023, according to panelists at the 2024 Emerging Manager Conference hosted by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Employees Retirement System of Texas on Feb. 28.
Building a network of connections that are sustainable for the long term is imperative in the emerging and diverse manager space, according to a recent fireside chat at the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System’s 14th annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Investments and Professional Services Conference held on Feb. 15 in Albany.
The New York City Retirement Systems will be looking to further integrate its emerging private equity manager program into its overall portfolio.
The $253.2 billion New York City Retirement Systems will expand their emerging manager programs, City Comptroller Brad Lander announced at the Bureau of Asset Management’s Nov. 16 diverse-owned and emerging manager conference.
Managers looking for tangible allocator efforts on evaluating and hiring diverse-owned firms heard from a panel on their successes and how they were achieved during the Investment Diversity Advisory Council’s annual summit.
Consultants have been taking steps to embrace accountability when it comes to diversity and inclusion within their own firms, according to a panel at the Investment Diversity Advisory Council’s annual summit.
Involving diverse investment firms in manager searches largely comes down to sourcing and intentionality, according to a public markets panel at the CalPERS/CalSTRS Catalyst conference held on June 26-28 in San Francisco.
Trade associations in the diverse manager space discussed the disappointing state of the industry and what can be done to grow those numbers at the National Association of Securities Professionals’ annual financial services conference held in Philadelphia on July 24-26.
The 20th anniversary of Consortium took a look back at the progress made around emerging and diverse managers over the past two decades but event panels also reiterated the work left to do.
This month, we have our annual feature on military veterans in the asset management industry.