ESG

ESG
West Coast University Adjusts Investment Strategy

A university based on the West Coast is adjusting its investment strategy.

04.29.21
ESG
Great Plains Institution Added ESG-Provision To Investment Policy

A university based in the Great Plains region approved a new provision in its investment policy to allow the consideration of ESG factors when investing its endowment holdings.

04.29.21
ESG
Northern 529 Plan Adds Social Impact Equity Option

A plan based in a Northern state is offering a new fund option to participants.

04.29.21
MRI/Social Investments
Rocky Mountain 457 Plan Terminates Sustainable Equity Mgr.

A deferred compensation plan in the Rocky Mountain region terminated its sustainable equity manager, which had been on watch due to underperformance.

04.28.21
Private Equity
PE Space Dominated 2020 Search Activity; Manager Research To Focus On Due Diligence & Fees

Investors’ 2020 search activity remained on par with previous years despite the COVID-19 pandemic and there continues to be increased activity for private investment strategies, according to a recent webinar from an investment consultant.

04.22.21
ESG
Midwest College Incorporates ESG Factors Into Investment Process, Adds ESG Manager

A college in the Midwest has begun incorporating ESG considerations into its investment policy and hired an investment manager with a strategy built around ESG factors.

04.22.21
People Moves
Western Endowment Names Next CIO, Seeks Impact Investment Analyst

An endowment on the West Coast has named its next cio following the planned retirement of its current cio and is searching for an impact investment analyst for its impact investment portfolio.

04.22.21
Trends
New England University Adopts Ethical Investment Principles

The board of trustees of a university in New England recently approved a new set of ethical investment principles to guide the institution’s decisions concerning companies producing fossil fuels within its endowment.

04.22.21
ESG
Willis Towers Watson Commits To Net Zero Delegated Portfolio

The firm is targeting zero greenhouse gas emissions in its discretionary delegated investment portfolio by 2050.

04.16.21
MRI/Social Investments
Foundations Commit Financing For Investment Fund Supporting Minority-Led Businesses

A community development organization and small business accelerator closed a Series A financing led by two prominent foundations last month to support underfunded and underrepresented entrepreneurs.

04.15.21