The need for greater tech investment is well understood, but not all market participants are taking the action that they say is required.
5 min read · 21 December 2020
Eric Duchon joined the mega-manager this week to oversee efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve diversity in the firm and its portfolio companies.
3 min read · 05 November 2020
Emerging and diverse managers received less than 3% of capital commitments closed in H1, raising fears they are being left behind as the pandemic changes fundraising.
9 min read · 27 October 2020
Karsten Kallevig, the executive who served in the position for a decade, has been appointed a special advisor while his previous job will not be filled.
3 min read · 23 September 2020
Since lumping the two underrepresented groups together is failing to close private real estate’s racial gap, a new, separate approach is due
3 min read · 17 September 2020
The Chicago-based firm’s new scholarship program aims to bring on Black and Latinx students as summer interns and ultimately hire them as full-time staff.
3 min read · 15 September 2020
Whether you condone a carrot or stick approach, implementing a rigid recruitment policy makes sense for a sector still sorely lacking in diversity.
3 min read · 27 August 2020
Expert analysis by Nylz Reyes, associate at Northwestern Mutual Real Estate.
3 min read · 25 August 2020
Private real estate veteran Sonny Kalsi is pushing aggressive recruiting policies at BentallGreenOak before the momentum fades from this summer’s protests against racial injustice. Measures include a 66.7% minorities and women minimum recruitment target and financial penalties for missing it.
10 min read · 23 August 2020
Fighting discrimination and enhancing diversity has gone up on private real estate investors’ agendas with some demanding more diverse management teams.
6 min read · 29 June 2020
