MRI/Social Investments
West Coast plan surveyed its portfolio managers and found managers are broadly aligned on foundational policies on DEI.
The foundation established a new endowment to support core institutional needs at historically Black colleges and universities, including infrastructure, technology and institutional capacity.
The fund will spend down its entire endowment to zero after accelerating its planned spend-out with nearly $24 million in grants in the last 15 months.
The foundation has committed to anchor a newly launched fund designed to close the gap in underfunded nature-based solutions.
The pension funds added a $300 million investment to an existing manager relationship.
The college savings program is looking for a consultant to assess whether its investment program aligns with Islamic investment principles.
The foundation made a $12 million donation to the United Negro College Fund to provide permanent endowment capital to 12 selected member schools.
The religious group is searching for a director to manage its fund targeting investments with social and environmental impacts as its current mission-aligned investment pool head is set to retire after more than decade of service.
The foundation recently committed $4 million to a value-add real assets manager investing in climate-resilient U.S. farmland and timberland.
Troy Brown is a managing director at Mariner Institutional, where he is responsible for ensuring department functions, directives, structure, staff, and policies and procedures. He took the time to answer 5 Questions, plus a bonus one, with FIN News.
