For the past several decades, the demand for women and under presented groups in the institutional investment industry has remained high, although there has been little movement on sustaining top talent from the analyst seat to the C-Suite with some notable exceptions. Investing in the American Dream for All is predicated on equitable representation within asset management and among its’ decision makers. Less than 1.6% of the $87 trillion in U.S. assets under management are managed by women and black and indigenous people of color (BIPOC). In this session, panelists will reconfigure the conversation around DEI and discuss how public and private stakeholders can address challenges and enable solutions that ensure high-performing and diverse emerging asset managers are valued and seamlessly considered by institutional investors and that diverse investment professionals are valuably included across all levels of top investment firms.

Moderator

Troy Duffie

Associate Director, Milken Institute

Speakers

Margaret Anadu

Senior Partner, Head of Real Estate, The Vistria Group

Ruulke Bagijn

Head of Global Investment Solutions, Carlyle

Saira Malik

Chief Investment Officer, Nuveen

Marcos A. Rodriguez

Chairman and CEO, Palladium Equity Partners, LLC

Neal Wilson

Co-CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, EJF Capital, LLC