Michael Katz

Dec 11, 2024 | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick |Michael Katz

The five New York City retirement systems have collectively invested or committed $23.08 billion with minority and women-owned business enterprises, as of June 30, accounting for 13.33% of their U.S.-based actively managed assets, according to a recent report from the Office of the New York City Comptroller. Those figures are up from $19.5 billion and 12.7% one year ago and $16.8 billion and 11.6% in 2022.

Nov 19, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Michael Katz

Iowa’s Consumer Data Protection Act, effective January 2025, limits data processing and grants consumer rights. No opt-in for sensitive data processing required

Aug 28, 2024 | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick |Michael Katz

Macalester College, a private college in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced it will outsource its endowment's investment management for the first time in its history. The college this month announced that on September 1, it will shut down its internal investment office, which has been responsible for investing the endowment's assets since 2002, and transfer management to Charlottesville, Virginia-based investment manager Investure LLC.

Aug 23, 2024 | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick |Michael Katz

Meketa Investment Group is planning its 15th Public and Private Markets Emerging and Diverse Manager Research Day on October 30. The investment consultant and fiduciary management firm, which holds the virtual event every six months, created the conference to increase its relationships with emerging, minority-owned, women-owned and disabled-owned business enterprise investment managers.

Jul 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Michael Katz |Doron Joffe |Matthew W. Morrison |Gosego Moroka

1.1 M&A Market Although the M&A market in South Africa (SA) has picked up to pre-COVID levels, there has been a decrease in M&A activity in 2023. In the period from January to September 2023, deal activity decreased by 26% year-on-year, and almost 40% when compared with deal activity in 2021. 1.2 Key Trends From January to September 2023, there were 214 successful deals by exchange-listed companies with a total value of ZAR312.539 billion.