Racial and gender issues highlight in SBA report

A report from the Small Business Administration recently focused on Small Business Investment Company data. Using information from 20 years of filings, the report looked at the relationships between diversity and investment companies. Though some of the questions that prompted the study didn’t lead to easy answers, the report did establish some connections between SBIC diversity and their actions in the business world.

Overall, the report found that investment companies with racial and gender diversity did not show any difference in performance, positive or negative, from those managed by white men. However, the makeup of an SBIC did seem to impact what kinds of companies they were likely to invest in.

Specifically, investment companies with racial diversity made 7 percent more investments in companies led by minority CEOs (although this statistic only comes from two years of observed data, rather than the full 20). Similarly, investment companies with gender diversity were found to contribute more to portfolio companies with female CEOs.

A new report looked at the link between investment company diversity and their actions.

 In a press release announcing the report, one of the professors behind it, Dr. John Paglia, explained the positive signs of these results.

“There is still more to do, but from this research, it is clear women and minority leaders at small business investment companies play an important role in bridging a lending gap to women and minority-owned small businesses,” he said.

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