News from the Emerging Manager space.
Different types of biases and a tendency for LPs to allocate to larger managers are just some of the barriers keeping women GPs from accessing capital, according to a panel of women LPs at Fairview Capital Partners’ Fearless Investors virtual event held on Oct. 13.
Almost two dozen U.S. senators have signed a letter supporting the approval of diversity, equity and inclusion recommendations submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The University of California is partnering with the National Association of Investment Companies to hear 100 pitches from diverse investment managers across public and private asset classes in the first half of 2022.
Emerging markets equity manager GlobeFlex Capital took the top spot in a third quarter where the majority of managers posted negative returns, according to EMM’s newest quarterly return report.
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments has launched a dedicated program for emerging managers.
The Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System will host a virtual event for emerging managers interested in learning more about the plan’s emerging manager program.
Jonathan Hook, cio of the The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, has written a piece discussing the fund’s effort toward diversity and inclusion within its investment portfolio.
Phocas Financial promoted Yolanda Foreman to president effective Oct. 1, the firm announced.
Jack Lloyd has joined Essex Investment Management as an impact analyst.
The Institutional Investing Diversity Cooperative recently announced that its 24 institutional investment consulting members will begin reporting individual firm diversity statistics.
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