Research
Gender Diversity on Company Boards Improves Due to Pressure from Big Three Asset Managers
An NBER study shows the push by Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street has rippled through corporate America.
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Asset Management Culture
Aiming to Boost Diversity, Canadian Institutions to Monitor Corporate Behavior
A group of funds holding roughly $2.3 trillion say they will make demands on companies whose stocks are in their portfolios.
Asset Management Culture
Women, Minorities Manage Just 13% of Charitable Assets, Study Finds
That share of the pie gets even smaller—to 3%—when more stringent definitions of ‘diversity’ are applied.
Asset Management Culture
Corporations Are Agreeing More to CalPERS Diversity Demands
More than 50% of the companies engaged by the largest US pension plan are agreeing to add women and minorities to their board.
Manager Selection
NYC Comptroller Calls on 56 Firms to Adopt Rooney Rule
Scott Stringer criticized leadership teams ‘that look like they’re out of the 1950s.’
Regulation
UK High Court Rules Women Not Entitled to Pension Compensation
Justices say they are ‘saddened’ by case but that their role ‘is limited.’
Women, Minorities Run Tiny Fraction of Global Assets, Knight Foundation Study Finds
Groups represent just 1.1% of the trillions of dollars overseen by the global asset management industry, report says.