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Timing, Understanding Audience Paramount For Mgrs.: Webinar

Putting in the leg work to understand the audience can reduce the amount of time that emerging managers spend on outreach to allocators that are unlikely to make an investment, according to panelists in a recent webinar.

06.05.24
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Investment Consultant Diversity Data 'Concerning': DAMI

The racial makeup of senior management at investment consulting firms dropped by almost 10%, an “alarming change” in a seg­ment of the market that has an outsized impact on what asset managers are cho­sen by institutional allocators, the newest report from the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative found.

06.05.24
LA Fire & Police CIO Reflects On First Year Leading Pension Plan
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LA Fire & Police CIO Reflects On First Year Leading Pension Plan

Bryan Fujita joined Los Angeles Fire & Police Pensions in July of last year after over 12 years at the Los Angeles City Employees’ Re­tirement System. LAFPP manages $31.4 billion as of March 31, 2024.

06.05.24
Emerging Markets Equity Manager Glovista Closes Doors
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Emerging Markets Equity Manager Glovista Closes Doors

Glovista Investments has closed and re­turned all assets to clients, Co-Founder and Deputy CIO Darshan Bhatt confirmed.

06.05.24
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Diverse Manager Inclusion In Wilshire Searches Sees Uptick

Investment consultant Wilshire’s inclusion rate of diverse-owned managers in search­es continued to rise in 2023, according to the firm’s latest report .

06.05.24
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Cambridge Associates Reports Growth In Diverse Mgr. Usage

Cambridge Associates has increased the number of diverse managers in its insti­tutional client portfolios over the last three years as part of its commitment toward diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a new report.

06.05.24
Empiric Institutional, Harper Capital Management Merge
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Empiric Institutional, Harper Capital Management Merge

Diverse-owned investment managers Empiric Institutional and Harper Capital Management will combine under the Empiric Institutional name, creating a firm offering both quantitative and fundamental equity strategies to institutional investors.

05.01.24
Small Asset Managers Trailing Peers In DEI Policies
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Small Asset Managers Trailing Peers In DEI Policies

Emerging and diverse-owned asset man­agers are encouraged to implement di­versity, equity and inclusion policies ear­ly on in their firm’s lifecycle even if they believe many of the issues are embedded in their firm structure, according to Lau­ren Mathias, senior v.p. of investment consulting firm Callan and the firm’s di­versity, equity and belonging champion.

05.01.24
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Diversity Transparency Remains Disappointing Among Largest Endowments, Knight Foundation Study Shows

Nearly half of the 50 wealthiest public and pri­vate higher education endowments, representing $566 billion in total assets, refused to participate in a continued assessment of the representation of women- and racial or ethnic minority-owned in­vestment firms overseeing their portfolios, new re­search finds.

05.01.24
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News Briefs

This month we have news of recent reports published by the California State Teachers’ Retirement System as well as Harlem Capital.

05.01.24