Gender
Best Practice | 17 Apr 18
SJP among firms targeted on diversity
St James’s Place, Provident Financial and several investment trusts are among a raft of FTSE companies the Investment Association has written to demanding an explanation for poor gender balance at executive level or risk a shareholder mutiny.
Women in drawdown £47,000 worse off than men
Women in drawdown face a 37% shortfall in their annual retirement income compared to men, leaving them more than £47,000 ($66,542, €53,935) worse off, according to a report from Zurich UK.
Best Practice | 8 Mar 18
Fund management’s blatant pay gap problem
The discrepancy between the average pay of male and female asset managers is gaining considerably more traction in 2018. But does the industry care enough about closing the gap? Or is this another box-ticking exercise?
Best Practice | 26 Feb 18
Guardian Wealth launches female adviser initiative
Women are underrepresented in offshore financial planning, prompting one advice firm to set itself tough targets to tackle the gender gap.
Money matters as much as love in later life marriages
Money is as much a factor as love in later life marriages according to research by Investec Wealth & Investment.