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Initiatives to boost workforce diversity, motivation and happiness can pay dividends for investors, explain NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka, Kiyomi Matsuda and Kurama Sato.
Increasingly disparate approaches to the role of ESG in investing – both within the US and relative to other markets – raise fresh challenges for responsibly minded investors.
The mood music around responsible investment has been less than harmonious of late.
The challenge for diversity advocates is getting their message to new audiences.
Despite increased emphasis on diversity, women remain underrepresented in private equity investment roles.
Yangge Seaman, head of private investments at Children’s Health System of Texas, on how managers can differentiate themselves.
British International Investment’s chief investment officer for equity and funds, Andrew Brown, shares the main opportunities and challenges facing the DFI as it seeks to direct capital to where it’s most needed.
LPs are asking more questions about diversity during fund due diligence, helping to move the needle on the gender balance in private markets, say Sijia Cai and Alisa Waxman at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
New investor channels, demand for private capital, and structural mega-trends are opening up new opportunities for fast-growing private markets, says Manulife Investment Management’s Anne Valentine Andrews.
Internal and external mentoring programmes can provide support and guidance for women across all stages of their careers.