Regulation
New York State Comptroller Calls Out 4 More Companies on Board Diversity
Common Retirement Fund has now filed shareholder demands against 33 businesses.
Tag: Diversity
Newsmakers
New York City Looks at Better Diversity Survey for Outside Money Managers
Pensions seek to standardize information money handlers provide in future memos.
Newsmakers
San Diego to Pursue Managed Futures Strategies in Diversification Quest
The pension is now studying the impact of a 2% to 4% allocation to managed futures on the total fund.
Newsmakers
Canada Pension Plan Focuses on Board Gender Composition
Pension says companies with diverse boards perform better financially.
NYC Comptroller’s Diversity Push Shows Some Results
Stringer and city pension funds succeed in broadening boards at more than half of 151 targeted companies.
CalPERS: Board Diversity Efforts Beginning to Work
18% of US companies targeted in July 2017 now have, or have concrete plans to have, women and minority board members.
Asset Management Culture
Swedish Companies Boost Gender Diversity for Leaders
More than a third of board members and a quarter of executives in large corporations are female.
CalPERS to Discuss Alternatives to Board Diversity Proposal
Treasurer’s initial proposal of 30% diverse dismissed as ‘arbitrary and limiting.’
CalPERS Likely to Reject Diversity Engagement Targets
State treasurer requested fund define a diverse board as at least 30% women.
NYS Common Cracks Down on Corporate Board Diversity
Diversity agreements made with four Fortune 500 companies.
CalPERS Champions Board Diversity Campaign Across 500+ US Companies
Requests each company develop and disclose policies, implement plans.
Comptroller Stringer Creates New Working Group in Quest for Greater Diversity Gains
Positive M/WBE data drives success for NYC pension funds.
Women, Minorities Run Tiny Fraction of Global Assets, Knight Foundation Study Finds
Groups represent just 1.1% of the trillions of dollars overseen by the global asset management industry, report says.
Women Mean Returns
The night before International Women’s Day, a bronze statue of a defiant young girl with her hands planted firmly on her hips appeared opposite the large Charging Bull statue...