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BC Partners on why women can rise on merit alone: ‘BC has never made me feel like I’m a female chief executive’
As private equity firms set diversity targets for their portfolio companies to get more women in leadership roles, one says…
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Fidelity pledges 45% of board roles to be held by women by 2024
Fidelity International pledged to bolster the number of women in senior roles across its business over the next three years…
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MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates join forces on $40 million donation to promote gender equality
An initiative from philanthropists Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott and the family foundation of billionaire Lynn Schusterman awarded $40 million…
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FCA looks to force companies to explain board-level diversity
The City watchdog has launched a consultation on changes to its listing rules which would require companies to publish “comply…
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House select committee on Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol convenes first hearing, with police officers set to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection opened its first hearing Tuesday with a focus on…
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Redundancies spike ninefold for senior managers in financial services on back of Brexit
A nine-fold increase in senior manager redundancies at financial services firms is down to Brexit, as UK companies restructured in the…
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CEO Activism — When Leaders Should Speak Out
July 21, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Recent events have brought more attention…
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Asset managers slam ‘disgusting’ racism after England’s Euro 2020 loss
Leading diversity campaigners in the asset management sector have hit out at the racist abuse received by Black England football…
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Police open probe as three England players who missed penalties in loss to Italy face racist abuse
LONDON (AP) — British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black players who missed penalties in…
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‘The language of consumer debt is rife with moral undertones’: Read MarketWatch’s new ‘Extra Credit’ column
Hello and welcome to Extra Credit, a weekly look at the news through the lens of consumer debt. Your monthly…
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View: Want to list your weed company? You’ll have to get past the FCA first
If someone told you they wanted to list their cannabis business on the stock market, you would be tempted to throw…
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City minister: Government will not mandate how firms should improve diversity
The government will not give financial services firms a single blueprint to improve diversity, City minister John Glen has said,…
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Bank watchdogs want top City firms to start measuring diversity with strict metrics
Financial services firms should be required to link pay to metrics on diversity and inclusion and make those at the…
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One lawyer’s mission to get more bisexual mentors into the City
When Netanya Clixby started her training contract at a City law firm, she did not feel she could come out…
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