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The Academic Dean at Harvard Kennedy School, Iris Bohnet, led the Bridgewater community in a presentation about what it means to have management systems that foster both diverse and inclusive practices.

While there is nothing magical about geographic disparities, we find them to be a good way to illustrate how different pockets of the economy have performed over the recent expansion. By excluding the booming coastal cities from the rest of the US, it is easier to see just how large the “shortfalls” from maximum employment are in the bulk of the country.

In 2018, as part of developing a shared foundation on unconscious bias, our community welcomed Dr. Mahzarin Banaji, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Psychology Department at Harvard and one of the founders of the Implicit Association Test. Dr. Banaji is an experimentalist psychologist who focuses on understanding how human minds work in social contexts. During her visit, she led a session with 200 members of the Bridgewater community about the science underlying hidden biases and what it practically means.

As a global macro multi-asset manager, our investment process is rooted in a deep understanding of how economies and markets work. Because environmental, social, and governance dynamics often impact global economies and markets, we deeply research these issues and integrate that research into our investment process in a manner that is consistent with our systematic way of managing money. Our approach seeks to understand how ESG considerations impact the financial objectives of return and risk. As a result, any research insight related to environmental or social issues that we believe would have material impact on financial performance flows through to each portfolio consistent with its objectives.

For the second year in a row, Investment Associate Rutendo Chigora has been named to the EMpower Ethnic Minority Future Leaders List, recognized for her longstanding commitment to expanding opportunity at Bridgewater and beyond.

Afsaneh Beschloss shared reflections on her decades-long career in finance which has spanned leadership positions at many leading institutions, including RockCreek, where she is Founder and CEO.