DIVERSITY

Funds management

There’s been progress towards addressing the gender gap this past year, but there’s still work to be done in an industry that has been historically male dominated. ...

Funds management

Frontier analysis has found there are no longer any all-male global equity investment management teams compared to 19% in 2018 but 15% of Australian equity teams still ha...

People & Products

While there have been improvements to hiring of women in financial services, the next issue to tackle was promotion and retention as women say they have struggled to see ...

People & Products

In a tight job market, diversity may give companies a vital edge in the competition for female talent, according to analysis from HESTA....

Outsider

Outsider is pleased that, even though it took too long, the issue of diversity has become an important matter for many financial services firms, on the surface at least....

Funds management

Four ASX 200 financials have been identified as failing to reach the 30% target for female representation on their boards with one asset manager having just one female di...

Funds management

There are 113 ASX 200 boards which have reached 30% women on their boards but two firms remain without any female directors and only 10 have a female chief executive....

Funds management

Alternative funds managers in Asia Pacific need to focus on the challenges of growth in a COVID-normal environment which will include ESG products and diversity and inclu...

Funds management

Willis Towers Watson has outlined eight steps that firms can use to improve their rate of progress on diversity....

Financial planning

The guide from the Financial Services Council provides tips and guidance on how firms could improve their gender diversity in their firm. ...

Funds management

The bank has failed to reach its targets for the number of women in leadership roles and for employees from under-represented groups. ...

Funds management

The rise of issues such as Black Lives Matter has prompted Nucleus Wealth to allow investors to remove companies from their portfolio it there was not enough gender diver...

Funds management

Board gender diversity has helped drive equity returns for both US and international markets, according to Calvert’s research....

Funds management

Schroders, Cooper Investments and Vinva IM have joined the diversity initiative, Future IM/Pact, to help build a more diverse Australian investment management sector....

Expert Analysis

There’s a business case for workplace diversity that goes beyond ethical arguments. Emma Pringle looks at how promoting women leads to better companies, meaning gender di...

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