As healthcare industry assets continue to grow, investment professionals have reaped the benefits of private equity opportunities and will focus on venture capital, technology-related assets and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to fuel further growth, according to a recent webinar.
HSBC Asset Management has acquired a minority stake in a U.S.-based ESG and diversity and inclusion focused consulting firm, which will become a female-owned asset management firm focused on ESG investment opportunities for institutional and wealth management clients, the firm announced.
Prominent institutional investors have committed capital to a newly formed venture capital fund-of-funds designed to back emerging managers raising their first fund or scale from a previous angel investment vehicle to build an ongoing firm.
A venture capital firm based on the West Coast has closed its oversubscribed first fund, which focuses on early-stage investments in technology-enabled companies led by Latinx and diverse founders, with a few prominent foundations participating.