Financial Services

Role models can make financial services more welcoming

Diversity organisation on a recruitment spree to build a global network.

Nominations are open for Women in Finance London 2020

Want to increase your company’s profile? Be recognised for your contribution to empowering women in finance? Enter the Women in Finance London 2020 Awards.

Seven financial services firms recognised for LGBT+ work

Two regulators and several law firms in the UK also made the Stonewall list.

No women? No gender diversity? No IPO, says Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs’ decision to tackle gender diversity at the top head-on is raising more than a few eyebrows in boardrooms.

E2W’s 2020 outlook. A cure for insomnia: truth or consequences

Here’s to 2020, and let’s hope it comes with an accelerated pace of change for female equality in the workplace, says Mark Freed, CEO of E2W, who have been supporting women in their financial services careers since 2002.

Ada Ventures invests £27m in tech start-ups ignored by VC

Ada Ventures will invest £500,000 apiece in 30 tech start-ups run by minorities often overlooked by traditional venture capital.

Lloyd’s of London’s former CDO discusses her role in the insurance industry

Helen Crooks, the former Chief Data Officer at Lloyd’s of London, discusses her role and why data has become an important asset to the insurance industry.

Insuring Women’s Futures initiative sparks industry action plan

Insuring Women’s Futures recommendations aim to improve women’s financial resilience and gender equality in the UK.

Angel Investment Forum: VC sector is letting down female entrepreneurs

Jenny Tooth OBE, CEO of UKBAA, highlights the importance of angel investment spurring greater investment in women.

PIMFA leads equality debate at Women in Wealth Forum

PIMFA encourages culture changes to help improve gender equality in finance at Women in Wealth Forum in Central London.