diversity

Ireland leads the way for women in senior investment roles in the PE and VC industry, says Level 20.

Former SASB chief tells New Private Markets she’s focusing on ‘decarbonisation and diversity’ one year into her role as Blackstone’s global head of ESG.

There is a 'pernicious idea' in VC that taking into consideration the identity and background of portfolio company founders means reprioritising returns, says diversity-focused VC Kapor Capital.

A gender-lens approach can boost business performance and enhance women’s economic empowerment in Africa, says Anne-Marie Lévesque of development finance institution FinDev Canada.

XDO Fund is presently in the market with a target of $300m, Buyouts reported. Its hard-cap is $400m.

The listed private markets investor has begun thinking about how to include neurodiversity as part of the industry’s wider DE&I reporting practices. 

In a world of imperfect data, LPs will search for visual evidence of diversity. They should take care when doing so.

The US-based social impact fund said all its new portfolio companies were led by founders from underrepresented groups in its 2022 Impact Report.

Managers have responded positively to the D&I challenge over the last year, according to LGT Capital’s latest report.

A total of 28% of GPs have set board diversity targets for portfolio companies, ILPA reported in 2021.