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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
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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
Diverse Manager Inclusion In Wilshire Searches Sees Uptick
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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
Cambridge Associates Reports Growth In Diverse Mgr. Usage
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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
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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
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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
Diversity Transparency Remains Disappointing Among Largest Endowments, Knight Foundation Study Shows
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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
News Briefs
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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
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Industry Groups IDAC & IDiF Partner To Form IDAC Foundation

The Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Finance (IDiF) and the Investment Di­versity Advisory Council (IDAC) have an­nounced that they are joining forces “to create a more unified approach to finan­cial inclusion.”

05.01.24
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New York Life Acquires Minority Stake In Fairview Capital

New York Life has acquired a minority stake in private equity and venture capital firm Fairview Capital, according to an an­nouncement.

05.01.24