Investors are changing the way that they factor in sustainable investing themes and their engagement with private capital is the key to providing better sustainability data to enhance portfolios in 2021, according to recent research.
Three senior investment professionals have spun out of a Southern endowment to create a new private markets platform supporting new and developing investment managers.
A university based on the West Coast is looking to commit $3 billion to private equity across its portfolios in 2021 as it looks to reach its target allocations to the asset class in the next five years.
A fund based in the South will receive educations on two potential new asset classes at its next board meeting in the second quarter from its general investment consultant.
A university in New England has reduced its overall exposure to fossil fuels to less than 2% of its endowment as part of its initiative to transition its portfolio to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
A university in the South increased its domestic equity target last year at the expense of its international equity, absolute return and long/short allocations.
A university based in the Mid-Atlantic region agreed to significantly reduce its investments with fossil fuel companies within its endowment last week.
Regnan, a responsible investment management business affiliated with J O Hambro Capital Management, has hired two fund managers to handle a sustainability global equity strategy.