Women have been inspiring other women throughout history, whether socially, economically, culturally, politically, or through the roles they played within their own families. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Professional Investor asked leading women from the investment industry to talk about the women that inspired them most in their own lives.
February and March 2022 sees CFA UK’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee and associated working groups come together with industry leaders, investment professionals, investors, policymakers and influencers for robust debate and insight on driving industry change on inclusion.
UK figures on fund managers by gender from Morningstar reveal that in the year to end September 2000, women made up 14% of portfolio managers. 21 years later, that figure stands at 11.2%. But given the growth of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives being run, why haven't the figures risen more substantially?
Tilly Franklin and Charlotte Yonge, CFA share how they positively role-model in the investment management industry. Learn practices to succeed in your career with an inclusive mindset. Tilly and Charlotte share real world case scenarios of the work they have done and the positive impact it has made on promoting investment management as an inclusive sector.
Take a look back at last year’s IWD discussion featuring Virginie Maisonneuve, CFA, Kathleen Hughes, Sarah Maynard ASIP and Gillian Elcock who discussed the case for closing the gap for women in financial services in order to improve representation and create positive outcomes for the industry.
Ben Elvidge, Lead of CFA UK's Socio-Economic Inclusion Working Group interviewed Anne Richards, CEO, Fidelity, about rising to the top after starting in the industry as an outsider and the challenges of building an inclusive culture.