Why diversity of teams matters for fund selection
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When analysing strategies, fund selectors often consider financial metrics and whether a fund lives up to its stated return profile or investment strategy.
However, softer aspects, such as the diversity of the portfolio management team, are often overlooked even though they can lead to better decision making.
In this episode of Citywire Selector’s podcast we talk to Nick Samuels, head of manager research at Redington, and Nisha Long, our head of ESG and cross-border research, about their experience of judging the Citywire Gender Diversity awards and how they think fund groups could improve.
Samuels also talks about Redington’s internal diversity research and why alternative managers often lag their traditional equity and fixed income peers on these issues.
However, softer aspects, such as the diversity of the portfolio management team, are often overlooked even though they can lead to better decision making.
In this episode of Citywire Selector’s podcast we talk to Nick Samuels, head of manager research at Redington, and Nisha Long, our head of ESG and cross-border research, about their experience of judging the Citywire Gender Diversity awards and how they think fund groups could improve.
Samuels also talks about Redington’s internal diversity research and why alternative managers often lag their traditional equity and fixed income peers on these issues.
