
PitchBook's chart tracking DEI language used by seven large, publicly held alternative asset management firms.
Even before the election in March, Trump’s strong candidacy and vocal opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies had companies rushing to downplay those initiatives, at least in external communications. (Some companies reportedly are keeping DEI committees and other initiatives, they just aren’t talking about them.)
The pattern has been the same for publicly held alternative asset managers — those firms that manage investment in private equity, infrastructure, real estate and/or…