The following are a selection of news and thought leadership articles created for our Members and shared here for all:
Mark.Freed / 18 Nov 2019
The annual Oliver Wyman report into women in financial services demonstrates that the global industry is finally making progress in gender equality. The report, which can be downloaded from Oliver Wyman’s website says, that the industry is finally making progress on gender diversity in the workforce....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 18 Nov 2019
Man Group are kindly hosting an E2W event on the 2nd of December around the theme of Resposible Investing. Elena Vydrine, a member of E2W, will be publishing a series of blogs in the run up to the event on the topic of ESG....
Read moreKatie.Dix / 18 Nov 2019
On Thursday evening, Kat lead an event, hosted by our friends at IHS Markit, where she gave our members the opportunity to experiment with some coaching tools that can come in handy whatever level of experience. Kat lead a great discussion on how we deal with change in our organisations...
Read moreMark.Freed / 13 Nov 2019
This week I have met a number of people, separately, from a major investment bank here in London. I shall not name the bank as most readers will recognise the problem at their own banks. The bank’s gender pay gap report statistics are not dissimilar to...
Read moreMark.Freed / 13 Nov 2019
As we are preparing for our round table with Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight at the FCA, we were interested to read a new report from the FCA. “Despite businesses facing ever greater scrutiny and criticism over gender diversity – with few industries more in the spotlight...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 12 Nov 2019
On Saturday, some of the E2W team and friends completed a 6K Commando Series Obstacle Course to raise money for our nominated charity, The Young Women’s Trust. The course proved both mentally and physically challenging and was exacerbated by the very cold and very wet weather! As...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 07 Nov 2019
How personal style communicates your personal brand and how to make that first impression count. Personal style is an amalgamation of many things - what suits your body shape, the things you like, the colours that work for you, the pieces that make you feel great. Personal style is...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 04 Nov 2019
Can you help two exceptional young women to take their next step forward into a career in financial services? In 2017 the E2W community sponsored and mentored Rose and Madeleine, to take the CISI Fundamentals of Financial Services course. Rose and Madeleine, were then still at school studying A Levels,...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 04 Nov 2019
We are delighted to see that Investec have launched a market leading return to Work Programme. Not all careers in financial services are the same: It is possible to combine professional success with the entrepreneurial spirit and genuine relationships that bring an organisation to life. The answer lies in...
Read moreMark.Freed / 30 Oct 2019
Congratulaitons to Standard Life Aberdeen Congratulations and big well done to Standard Life Aberdeen who this week announced a new, market-leading parent leave policy that sets a new precedent across businesses in the UK. From 1 January 2020, all employees in the UK welcoming a child into their family will be...
Read moreMark.Freed / 30 Oct 2019
About now many firms will be in the midst of preparing their commentary to accompany their gender pay gap reports. Most firms last year used the excuse of lack of female talent. This is something we at E2W find hard to believe. We have an abundance of...
Read moreMark.Freed / 29 Oct 2019
The Diversity Project and PWC have recently issued a new report “Diversity and inclusion in investment management” The report gives gender pay reporting praise for bringing the lack of diversity within the industry into sharp focus and added weight to the voices calling for faster change. ...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 23 Oct 2019
3 Pieces of Advice Every Strong Driven Woman Should Follow This past weekend was my mother's birthday. It was a big birthday, one that had me thinking about her legacy and the impact she's had on my life. In her honor, I wanted to share three life lessons that...
Read moreMark.Freed / 22 Oct 2019
I attended an event this morning alongside HR and recruitment professionals from major investment managers. The discussion was focussed on exploring how to attract, recruit and retain more members of the LGBTQ+ community. Not surprisingly, the challenges faced by the community are similar to those faced by...
Read moreMark.Freed / 16 Oct 2019
We get many emails from members of our community sharing their frustrations and challenges. We received this one this week following up on some work I had done to call out some bad practice at a bank. Do you feel like this? Does it highlight the challenges faced by...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 15 Oct 2019
On the 9th of November 2019, the E2W team will be taking part in a 6k Commando Obstacle Course. This challenge comprises of 24 of the toughest obstacles, straight out of the Commando test book. The course is the only event that can recreate the mud, sweat and pain of modern...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 10 Oct 2019
"After nearly 20 years of building and leading technical teams and organisational change, I know that people are the key to success." Elizabeth is leading an E2W event discussing Leaders in Technology on the 28th November, kindly hosted by Liquidnet. You can register your space...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 09 Oct 2019
Are firms spending more on promoting themselves as being diverse and inclusive than they are on making the changes necessary to move the dial? Many of our regular readers will have noticed the rising levels of frustration that having invested in and built a capability to be able to quickly...
Read moreMark.Freed / 30 Sep 2019
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association (PIMFA) Women in Wealth Forum on 8th October 2019. I have been asked to speak on the subject of Male Allies, a subject that fills me with mixed emotions and fears. I see so...
Read moreKatie.Dix / 25 Sep 2019
That ‘Damn I Look Good’ Feeling Imagine looking at yourself in the mirror and fully appreciating what you see before you. Sometimes it feels as though we shun compliments in favour of modesty. For many years, women were persuaded to never draw attention to their beauty, intelligence or...
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