Hartford’s star as the insurance capital of the world may have dimmed a bit from its heyday, but the area is still home to large corporations and nonprofits with deep-pocketed pension and endowment funds capable of wielding considerable clout.
That influence was on display in late May as leaders of several Hartford-area funds collectively worth more than a third of a trillion dollars gathered in a small ballroom in West Hartford’s four-star Delamar Hotel. They were in the room to discuss achieving above-average returns by investing in ventures led by women and people of color.