Funds aren’t ESG unless they consider diversity
ESG fund managers must look at diversity when making investment decisions, and more of them should be women themselves
Diversity & inclusion
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Holding the industry accountable
Bias still exists when it comes to equal pay for women and ethnic groups but data and leadership buy in must improve
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The dos and don’ts of diversity data
It’s all well and good collecting diversity data but only when this is used to inform business strategy in a meaningful way can we begin to effect real change
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Quilter Cheviot launches hub to support advising women clients
The firm is publishing support and running workshops for financial advisers to better understand the needs of women clients
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Investment industry represented in socio-economic taskforce
City of London Corporation run taskforce appoints 30 cross-sector leaders from the financial and professional services industry
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Women clients twice as likely as men to favour ESG
RBC Wealth Management survey found 74% of women want to increase the share of ESG investments in their portfolios
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BNY Mellon IM CEO hopes to inspire next generation of women in finance
With a unique oversight when it comes to diversity, Hanneke Smits wants to pass on her experience of supportive mentors
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How index investors can push for equality
Investors have welcomed an announcement from Nasdaq to ensure more diverse board members but will it accelerate the pace of change?
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‘We are all different’: Improving disability inclusion in investment
The Diversity Project’s disability workstream focuses on changing attitudes to recruitment
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Nine firms join diversity consulting cooperative
The Institutional Investing Diversity Cooperative is calling for more robust data and a broader definition of diversity
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Access to technology and capital closes gender gap in least developed countries
UNCDF’s Nandini Harihareswara outlines five ways to increase women’s participation in growing digital economies
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reboot.: Believing you can change the world is the first step to changing it
Accenture’s Oluchi Ikechi says education, advocacy, investment and evaluation are key to breaking glass barriers