Posts Tagged ‘ Diversity ’
Impact Investing Won’t Save Capitalism, But Its Example Might
Jul 22nd, 2020 | Filed under: Private Equity, Social investing, Newly Added, Asset allocation, Socially responsible investing, Equity Types of Private Equity, Asset Allocation Models, Other Issues in Private Investments, ESG, Private Investments, SRI and Clean Energy, Other Topics in A.I.By Michael O’Leary and Warren Valdmanis GIIN’s 10th Anniversary report highlights new records, but what’s the endgame? When the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) issued its first survey a decade ago, the term “impact investing” had only been coined three years earlier. Just 24 investors responded. In GIIN’s tenth anniversaryRead More
‘Expectations Will Increase’ on E(E)SG
Jun 30th, 2020 | Filed under: Newly Added, Asset allocation, Asset Allocation Models, ESG, Allocating to A.I., Other Topics in A.I.Adam O. Emmerich of the corporate and securities law firm Wachtell Lipton in a recent memo cautioned the firm’s corporate clients that the expectations on them with regard to transparency on environmental, social, and governance matters will increase in the months ahead. His emphasis is on the social part ofRead More
(SH)Elijah
Mar 9th, 2020 | Filed under: Newly Added, What about beta?By Bill Kelly, CEO, CAIA Association You don’t really need to be a Talmud scholar to know about the mission and purpose of the prophet Elijah. A fixture of the Passover Seder, he is always accorded an empty seat at the table, replete with an extra cup and a remainingRead More
Wall Street Tackles Sustainable Development Goals
Feb 25th, 2020 | Filed under: Retail Investing, Newly Added, Institutional Investing, Socially responsible investing, ESG, The A.I. Industry, Institutional Asset Management, SRI and Clean Energy, Other Topics in A.I.In 2015 the United Nations defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals [no poverty, no hunger, health & well-being, etc.] along with 169 targets that were devised to allow for quantitative measurement of progress. It also set 2030 as the bull’s eye for the attainment of the goals. Since governments alone areRead More
Hedge Funds and the Value of Diversity and Inclusion
Dec 3rd, 2019 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Newly Added, Asset Managers, The A.I. Industry, Hedge FundsThe Alternative Investment Management Association, in conjunction with Ernst & Young, has prepared a paper on inclusion and diversity in the hedge fund industry. The paper begins fittingly with a quotation from Eileen Murray, co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, who says: “We are fortunate today that people understand that companies doRead More
Alternative Investments: Investing By Numbers
Nov 19th, 2019 | Filed under: Real Estate, Private Equity, Debt Types of Private Equity, Liquid and Fixed Income Real Estate, Newly Added, Fintech, Technology, Equity Types of Private Equity, Technology, The A.I. Industry, Real Estate Equity Investments, Hedge Funds, Private Investments, Real Assets, Risk Management & OperationsWhat’s in the future for alternative investments asset management? A new publication from Ernst & Young, London, contends that allocations to alternative investments and are “robust,” but that there is an important shift underway in favor of private equity and at the expense of hedge funds. In 2018, 40% ofRead More
The Mysterious Shortfall in Women Chief Investment Officers
May 22nd, 2019 | Filed under: Newly Added, Academic Foundations, Institutional Investing, Endowments & Foundations, The A.I. Industry, Institutional Asset Management, Practitioners, Personalities in AIBy Charles Skorina We recently looked at the number of women CIOs at big endowments*. Among 109 North American endowments over $1 billion we identified twenty (18 plus one director of investments and one CFO who liaises with their OCIO providers). That’s just 18%–less than one out of five. ForRead More
Canada’s Venture Capitalists: A Gender Gap
May 13th, 2019 | Filed under: Newly Added, Venture capital, Other Issues in Private Investments, The A.I. Industry, Private InvestmentsFemale Funders, a program within the venture capital company Highline BETA, with offices in both Canada and the United States, has produced a new Women in Venture report, which works with data gathered from more than 300 VC firms and corporate venture arms in both countries “to try to paintRead More
Women in Alternative Investments: ‘Leveraging Diverse Perspectives’
Feb 10th, 2019 | Filed under: Private Equity, Newly Added, Institutional Investing, Venture capital, The A.I. Industry, Institutional Asset Management, Hedge Funds, 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: Debt Types of Private Equity, Newly Added, Venture capital, Equity Types of Private Equity, Angel investing, Other Issues in Private Investments, The A.I. Industry, 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: Private Equity, Debt Types of Private Equity, Newly Added, 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: Industry Size & Managers, Newly Added, Asset Managers, The A.I. Industry, 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