This year’s cohort, consisting of 60 influential women honorees and an additional 40 rising stars, exemplifies the power of institutional investors to drive positive change across markets, and the commitment to promoting greater representation across the industry.

Read more about Chavon’s path to impact investing here.

Explore Sukari’s insights on why relationships with senior women are so invaluable here.

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Cambridge Associates is proud to announce that it has been recognized as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion. The firm earned a top score of 100 in The 2024 Disability Equality Index®.

The Disability Equality Index is a joint initiative of Disability:IN and The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). It is acknowledged today as the most robust disability inclusion assessment tool in business. Globally, people with disabilities represent 1.3 billion individuals. The index exists to help businesses make a positive impact on the unemployment and underemployment of people with disabilities, while also helping companies create long term value for employees and shareholders.

At Cambridge Associates, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our success. As part of our ongoing commitment to disability inclusion, we have also signed Disability:IN’s CEO Letter on Disability Inclusion. This pledge underscores our dedication to creating a workplace that is accessible, supportive, and empowering for all employees.

By joining this initiative, we are reaffirming our commitment to implementing best practices in disability inclusion, promoting accessibility, fostering emotionally safe spaces, and ensuring that our policies and practices reflect our values. We are committed to continuous learning and improvement in this area, and we will work diligently to support and uplift our employees with visible and non-visible disabilities. Together, we can build a more inclusive and equitable future where every individual, regardless of their abilities, can thrive.

Learn more about our corporate social responsibility at Cambridge Associates.

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We believe in the power of diverse voices to drive performance, recognizing that we create the best opportunity to deliver for our clients, our firm, and our community when every voice is engaged and empowered. Only then can we work together to make decisions and seek the best solutions.

—Melinda Wright, Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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As one of the earliest proponents of private investing, Cambridge Associates has been partnering with sophisticated institutional and family investors to shape the global private investment landscape for 50 years.

Read the full profile here. 

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According to new research from BCG and Cambridge Associates, private equity and venture capital firms whose ownership is predominantly women or people of color may unlock access to differentiated deal flow (i.e., an increase in the variety of investments in a portfolio) for their limited partners (LPs) and other investors.

Key Findings:

Of the deals analyzed, 76% were financed exclusively by nondiverse private equity and venture capital firms, 17% of the transactions had deal syndicates with a mix of nondiverse and diverse firms, and 7% were investment rounds completed exclusively by diverse-owned firms. Here is what we found:

• Diverse asset managers are more likely to invest in early-stage deals than nondiverse firms as well as in historically overlooked companies.
• Because they tend to work within networks they are familiar with, many nondiverse private equity and venture capital firms (35%, according to our research) have not coinvested with diverse asset managers. As a result, they risk facing reduced exposure to differentiated deal flow and reduced engagement with diverse private fund managers in later rounds.
• Diverse asset managers are increasing their share of private market deals. From 2018 to 2022, the value of the deals led by diverse private equity and venture capital firms grew at 25% annually from a starting point starting of $33 billion. This is nearly twice the growth rate of deals completed by nondiverse firms. The number of private market deals led by diverse firms also grew by 14% annually, in the same period.

Read the full report here.

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Cambridge Associates is proud to announce that our commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion has been recognized again in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI). We have received a perfect score of 100 on the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report, which measures corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. We join the ranks of 545 major US businesses that also earned top marks this year.

The CEI rates companies on detailed criteria falling under four central pillars:

• Non-discrimination policies across business entities;
• Equitable benefits for LGBTQ+ workers and their families;
• Supporting an inclusive culture; and,
• Corporate social responsibility.

The results of the 2023-2024 CEI showcase how US-based companies are promoting LGBTQ+ friendly workplace policies in the US and abroad. The first year of the CEI included 319 participants, and the 2023-2024 CEI now includes 1,384 participants; further demonstrating the tremendous trajectory of the CEI, a record-breaking 1,340 businesses have non-discrimination protections specific to gender identity, up from just 17 in 2002. These critical non-discrimination protections cover 21 million employees in the US and around the globe. Cambridge Associates’ efforts in satisfying all the CEI’s criteria earned a score of 100 and the designation as recipient of the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion.

The full report is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.  Explore more about diversity, equity and inclusion at Cambridge Associates.

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As a leader in providing portfolio management services to institutions and families across the globe, Cambridge Associates aims to lead by example and believes that the firm’s actions can lead to greater impact on society and in the communities in which it operates. Through hard work and commitment to inclusion via its LGBTQ+ employee resource group, CA Pride, Cambridge Associates is proud of implementing inspiring changes to the firm’s policies and creating environments tailored to each region around the globe that results in a true sense of belonging for all. Progress on this work is not linear, nor is it ever complete. The firm’s dedication to DEI is an ongoing commitment and a global effort.

“We know employees who feel valued for their differences stay at their jobs longer and are nearly five times more likely to perform at their best. Stonewall’s designation has significant meaning, not only because it reflects the work we have done to create a safe, inclusive and supportive space for our LGBTQ+ colleagues, but because it says to the global communities where we work that we want the best and most diverse talent to make their home here at Cambridge Associates,” said Melinda Wright, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

For the last twenty years, Stonewall, the world’s second-largest LGBTQ+ charity, has been supporting employers to create welcoming workplaces for lesbian, gay, bi, trans people. Stonewall’s Global Workplace Equality Index provides organisations the opportunity to examine their policies and practices, celebrate successful initiatives, and share their important inclusion work as they lead the way. The full list this year can be found on the Stonewall website.

“We heartily congratulate Cambridge Associates. This award reflects the incredible work done to advance LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace and advocate for the rights of LGBT people across the world,” said Leanne MacMillan, Director of Global at Stonewall (she/her). “As a global employer Cambridge achieved vital change by ensuring its workplaces are safe, supportive, and free of discrimination, and that LGBT+ staff are able to thrive at work.”

You can learn more about Cambridge Associates’ commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here. 

About Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm. The firm aims to help pension plans, endowments & foundations, healthcare systems, and private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios that generate outperformance so they can maximise their impact on the world. With 50 years of institutional investing experience, the firm has helped to shape and implement investment best practices and built strong global investment networks with the purpose of driving outperformance for clients. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension and alternative asset class mandates.

Cambridge Associates currently maintains offices in Boston; Arlington, VA; Beijing; Dallas; Hong Kong; London; Munich; New York; San Francisco; Singapore; and Sydney. Cambridge Associates consists of six global investment affiliates that are all under common ownership and control. For more information, please visit www.cambridgeassociates.com.

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Today, diversity, equity and inclusion remains a core part of our culture. Currently, women represent more than 60% of our executive leadership team and more than 40% of our partners.

Watch the video to learn more.

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