With some banking teams (mainly in markets) looking at record revenues, and some (mainly in advisory) heading for a year to forget, the Q2 results stage doesn’t necessarily seem too early in the year to start worrying about the 2020 […]
Tag: Women
Equity Matters
Managing intellectual property’s 2019 survey on diversity in IP, as well as the American Bar Association’s recent report, Walking Out the Door: The Facts, Figures, and Future of Experienced Women Lawyers in Private Practice, confronted the legal industry with some deeply […]
There can be no human rights without gender equality
• Recent global gender gains are under threat from growing conservatism. • The universally agreed language of equality is also under attack. • Governments must lead on fighting retrograde forces, supported by civil society. “It was the best of times, […]
Goldman Sachs has a new way of hiring women in Germany
Goldman Sachs has revamped its internship programme in Frankfurt as part of a series of measures to attract more women and staff from diverse backgrounds. The U.S. bank has introduced a quarterly internship programme that brings it German operation into […]
5 ways to break down the barriers for women to access leadership roles
More awareness and conversation on gender is surely a good thing, but is this “noise” masking a lack of real action and progress? Attracting and developing more women in leadership roles requires company-wide change, driven from the top. Retention, succession, […]
Responsible investing is a rare field of finance led by women. Now it’s hot—and men want in
It was the usual setup for panelists at a finance conference talking about making smart investments. They were all the same gender. In this case, all women. That probably wasn’t surprising, considering the event was hosted by the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible […]
5 Ways Companies Can Progress More Women into Leadership Roles
Gender equality and getting more women into leadership roles are trending topics. Of the top 30 most used hashtags of 2019, five were specifically around women, from #WomenInSTEM to #PressforProgress and #WCS (Women Crush Wednesday). More awareness and conversation on […]
Unwanted Advances
The emergence of the #MeToo movement has finally given sexual assault and abuse cases the public attention they so richly deserve. Victims, for their part, are bringing more cases into the civil courts against both the perpetrator of the abuse and the […]
Calling out discrimination in banking bonuses
As bonus payout season approaches, what does a successful female banker, trader, analyst or even compliance officer do who fears they have been paid less than their male counterparts? I worked on the important Louise Barton discrimination case some 7 years ago […]
The top women working in technology in investment banks
When Joanne Hannaford, EMEA head of technology at Goldman Sachs, started her career 30 years ago, she says there were plenty of women interested in the area. In the early 1990s computing was considered to be, “a really great job for a […]