Gender equality

FAQs from the Working Families session on the 9th April 2020.

FAQs from the Gender Ask Me Anything session on the 24th April 2020.

The Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline has been suspended for the year. While companies are understandably focused on Covid19 right now, the Diversity Project urges everyone to continue their inclusion and diversity efforts. These are even more...

The financial services industry is finally making progress on gender balance in the workforce. Mindsets are shifting and, as a result of hard work and commitment, progress is beginning to be reflected in the numbers. But 20 percent representation of women on executive committees and 23 percent on...

Dame Helena Morrissey opens up to Verena about her story of combining a leadership career with a large family, how not to be overlooked at work as new mum and what to do to put yourself in the best position to be promoted. https://www.leadersplus.org...

We are delighted to invite you to the Diversity Project’s Event on Assertiveness and Positivity in the Workplace, held on December 5th 2019. The event is organized by the Diversity Project’s Gender Workstream and kindly hosted by Franklin Templeton. We are delighted to have Hester Bancroft as our...

Pension schemes have often been at the forefront of investor initiatives to encourage more diversity on the boards of the companies in which they invest, recognising the fact that diverse boards make better decisions and are less prone to group-think...

Mitesh and Lee share their experiences, learning and thoughts on improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) and are keen to ensure an industry-wide dialogue with others in the asset management industry to share what has/has not worked; ‘so that we don’t all keep reinventing the wheel’. It takes time to...

Following the launch of our new analysis showing the gender pay gap in the investment management sector has deteriorated, there has been wide coverage in the media. See below for links to some of the coverage: 'Depressing' gender pay gap widens in...

A report by PwC, in association with the Diversity Project, on diversity and inclusion in investment management. Gender pay reporting has brought the lack of diversity within the investment management industry into sharp focus and added weight to the voices calling for faster change. Yet there is...