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Preserver Partners CIO Excited About Partnership, Credit Markets

Q&A: Preserver Partners CIO Discusses Client Engagement, Diversity

11.01.23
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Channing Affiliate Takes Minority Stake In Preserver Partners

The alliance will enable alternatives investment manager Preserver to leverage the substantial resources of Channing Al­ternatives, a newly formed affiliate of Channing Capital Man­agement.

11.01.23
Duke University Endowment Diversity Figures Remains Static
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Duke University Endowment Diversity Figures Remains Static

The diversity of the approximately $11.6 billion endowment at DUMAC, the investment management arm of Duke University, remains static year-over-year at 42.4% of the portfolio.

11.01.23
Commonfund Shows Progress In Clients’ Diverse Manager Hires
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Commonfund Shows Progress In Clients’ Diverse Manager Hires

Since beginning its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in earnest nearly a de­cade ago, Commonfund has made sig­nificant progress in having increased diverse manager hires in client portfoli­os to 45 firms from 10, while also having improved diversity representation in its workforce.

11.01.23
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AAPIs Underrepresented In U.S. Assets Under Management: Study

Despite outperformance of industry peers, a new study finds that Asian American and Pacific Islanders are significantly underrepresented at the ownership level and in U.S. assets under management.

11.01.23
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News Brief

This month’s news briefs include updates from the Private Equity Women Investor Network, TPG Next and Altriarch Asset Management.

10.04.23
CalPERS CIO Nicole Musicco Departs As Revolving Door Continues For Largest Public DB
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CalPERS CIO Nicole Musicco Departs As Revolving Door Continues For Largest Public DB

Nicole Musicco departed her role as cio of the $463.1 billion Cali­fornia Public Employees’ Retirement System on Sept. 29, the plan announced.

10.04.23
Allocators Evolve Emerging Mgr. Programs Through Experience
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Allocators Evolve Emerging Mgr. Programs Through Experience

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.

10.04.23
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Cal Increases Assets Managed By Diverse-Owned Firms By 10%

The University of California’s allocation to diverse-owned partners across its $18 billion endowment and $80 billion pen­sion increased by approximately 10% to $21.4 billion of its actively managed as­sets, according to its 2022 Diversified Returns report.

10.04.23
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CAPTRUST Lays Out First Steps For Nonprofits To Improve Diversity

The nonprofit sector is the third largest employer in the U.S. and is looking to cul­tivate more inclusivity amongst its ranks at a time when more than two thirds of pub­lic and private foundations, 68%, consider diversity, equity and inclusion a priority for their organizations, according to CAP­TRUST Financial Advisors.

10.04.23