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GPs may be reluctant to think about diversity in their own teams; at some point they will not have a choice.
As private equity continues to grow, the industry is facing mounting regulatory scrutiny. That means CFOs and CCOs will need greater support with compliance, Robert Aufenanger of Broadscope Fund Administrators tells pfm.
Guernsey’s Green Fund Rules offer a framework to combine financial return with environmental benefit, writes Dominic Wheatley, chief executive of Guernsey Finance.
Simon Witney and Patricia Volhard at Debevoise & Plimpton discuss the European Commission's proposals to make asset managers disclose these risks.
Heavyweight Australian investors back a new workplace diversity initiative as LPs admit the issue is a factor in their investment decision-making.
QIC Global Infrastructure co-founder Matina Papathanasiou argues diversity goes beyond gender, but meaningful representation in line roles is key.
With the rise of the anti-sexual-harassment movement, industry stakeholders need to think differently as they mitigate reputational risk.
Tax is not on the ESG agenda; maybe it should be
Basic steps can help prevent harassment and the damage it does to women’s careers. It’s time firms in real estate and other asset classes took them.
CIO Angela Miller-May stressed it wasn’t the clincher in its recent decision to allocate $50m with IFM Investors and Ullico Investment Advisors.