The CRE credit market has begun to look to quantitative methodologies, yet the industry still has a long way to go, says Dr Tingting Zhang, founder and CEO of TerraCotta Group.
LPs believe greater diversity among teams leads to more cognitive diversity, better decisions and superior investment outcomes, says Jennifer Choi, managing director of industry affairs at the Institutional Limited Partners Association.
Given their more limited ability to influence DE&I at the asset level, private debt managers initially faced less scrutiny on the issue from LPs. That is now beginning to change.
There are always lessons to be learned when growing a pioneering business investing in European consumer and SME loans, says Selina Burdell, co-founder and chief operating officer at LCM Partners.