Diversity from an Investor's Perspective 2019

This report asks:

• Why is diversity important to asset owners? Is there evidence diverse managers deliver outperformance?
• Internally within the investment function and their workforce across trustee boards
• Externally by using diversity criteria as part of their due diligence process for appointing external fund managers, including the role of consultants as a theme for portfolio allocation and investment by engaging on diversity themes with the companies in which they have long term shareholdings