Corporate MovesAugust 23, 2024

Meketa to Hold 15th Emerging Manager Conference in October

The event will be among several conferences held in 2024 that focus on emerging and diverse managers.

Reported by Michael Katz

Meketa Investment Group is planning its 15th Public and Private Markets Emerging and Diverse Manager Research Day on October 30. The investment consultant and fiduciary management firm, which holds the virtual event every six months, created the conference to increase its relationships with emerging, minority-owned, women-owned and disabled-owned business enterprise investment managers.

To qualify for the conference, public markets’ firms must be majority owned by employees; must have less than $2 billion in assets under management; and must have never exceeded $5 billion in assets under management at any time. Companies seeking to join the conference also cannot have been operating for more than 10 years.

Within private markets, Meketa defines emerging managers as firms trying to raise their first, second or third funds and considers diverse managers to be firms majority owned by women, minorities or people with a disability. Meketa does not set minimums for MWDBE firms in AUM or how long they have been in business.

Participating managers will meet virtually with a Meketa research associate, analyst and/or consultant to introduce their firm and discuss relevant investment strategies. Managers meeting Meketa must not have met with the firm’s research team in the past two years to be eligible to participate.

According to Meketa, the last emerging and diverse manager research event, held in April, drew than 60 managers.

The October conference will add to the growing list of emerging manager conferences held in 2024, which include those hosted by the New York State Common Retirement Fund, the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

There is no cost to attend the event, and qualifying firms must register by Sept. 25.