Posts Tagged ‘ Diversity ’
Women in Alternative Investments: ‘Leveraging Diverse Perspectives’
Feb 10th, 2019 | Filed under: Newly Added, Private Equity, The A.I. Industry, Institutional Investing, Venture capital, Hedge Funds, Institutional Asset Management, Private Investments“With change happening at an unprecedented pace, it is fitting that alternative investment firms are strategically focused on leveraging diverse perspectives in these disruptive times,” says KPMG Chairman and CEO Lynne Doughtie, “The Call to Act,” a new paper that looks at the roles of women in the alternative investmentRead More
Illuminating Gender Differences in Entrepreneurship
Aug 16th, 2018 | Filed under: Newly Added, The A.I. Industry, Debt Types of Private Equity, Venture capital, Equity Types of Private Equity, Angel investing, Other Issues in Private Investments, Private InvestmentsIlluminate Ventures, an early-stage high-tech VC firm, has posted a paper by its founder and managing partner, Cindy Padnos, on “gender differences in entrepreneurship.” The paper begins with the observation that nearly half of the Illuminate portfolio companies have a woman as a co-founder. This doesn’t mean of course thatRead More
Thoughts in Advance of the Chicago AAAIM Event
Jul 24th, 2018 | Filed under: Newly Added, Private Equity, Debt Types of Private Equity, Venture capital, Equity Types of Private Equity, Angel investing, Private InvestmentsThe Association of Asian American Investment Managers holds its Chicago Regional event on Thursday, July 26 at the offices of law firm Sidley Austin LLP, One South Dearborn, beginning at 3 and continuing until 7. AAAIM confidently proclaims that its line-up of panelists is a collection of “rock stars.” AmongRead More
Closing the Gender Gap in Alternative Investments
May 29th, 2018 | Filed under: Newly Added, The A.I. Industry, Industry Size & Managers, Asset Managers, Other Topics in A.I.The Emerging Market Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has announced its first initiative aimed at closing the gender gap, which it calls its Gender Parity Acceleration Working Group. EMPEA has 300 member firms, including both general partners and limited parties, who are invested in more than 130 countries around the globeRead More
KPMG and Beschloss on Alternatives, Interest Rates and Women
Oct 4th, 2015 | Filed under: Structure of the Hedge Funds IndustryInvestors may well add to their alternatives portfolio allocations in the months to come. What will this mean for small and medium sized hedge funds, many woman-headed funds among them? Read More
‘Women of the Street’—Not Just Another War Story
Jul 22nd, 2015 | Filed under: Retail Investing, Institutional Investing, Alpha Hunters, Alpha Strategies, Alpha SeekersMeredith Jones' book on investing in women takes it to the Street and comes back with some solid conclusions.Read More
The Philosophy of Liquidity: Diversity, Decision-making and Governance
Jul 6th, 2014 | Filed under: Institutional InvestingGuest columnist Donna Howe examines diversity at the board level. Does it make a governance difference?Read More