"Wilshire recognizes that we have the talent, performance is there, and interest among asset owners for diverse managers is growing, so it's smart business to connect supply and demand in this way," said Robert Raben, president and founder of the Raben Group and director of the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative, in the news release. Raben Group is a public policy firm and lobbying group. In a follow-up telephone interview, Mr. Raben said that while there are other consulting firms besides Wilshire that have made efforts to promote money manager diversity, there has not been a comprehensive public effort by investment consulting firms to make it part of their business.