Weekly outlook: Brexit plan B; SJP results; and gender pay
The key events for UK wealth managers this week
gender pay gap
-
-
Women all but absent from £24m windfall for AJ Bell top brass
One lone female director reaps £18,500 at IPO
-
FCA: There is no room for complacency on gender pay
Percentage of women in senior roles at the regulator is unchanged from 2016
-
CII shames industry over gender pay
Industry body’s action plan sees gender pay gap almost halve
-
Wealth managers expect ESG strategies to flourish
Two thirds of professional investors expect to allocate more money to ESG strategies in the next three years, Royal London Asset Management has found.
-
Man Group’s gender targets underwhelm shareholder activist
Man Group’s response to gender pay concerns has been described as underwhelming by Shareaction.
-
Buxton slams corporate activity under male-heavy boards
Old Mutual Global Investors CEO Richard Buxton has slammed the cost of predominantly male boards to shareholders as he blames a lack of diversity for poor corporate decision making.
-
Schroders first asset manager grilled over gender pay at AGM
Schroders has become the first asset manager to come under fire for its gender pay gap in AGM season, as a prominent activist tells others in the industry to prepare to face tough questions.
-
Jupiter’s Slendebroek confronts outflows and gender pay gap
Jupiter CEO Maarten Slendebroek reiterated that future flows will be “less predictable” as Jupiter diversifies its business away from the UK market, while addressing the firm’s other issues like its gender pay gap.
-
The seven worst managers on gender pay
Now that the first annual gender pay gap reporting period has come to a close, Portfolio Adviser takes a look back at the seven worst offending investment management firms.
-
DFMs worse than asset managers on gender pay
Women at wealth management firms are worse off than their female counterparts at fund groups when it comes to remuneration, being paid 59p for every £1 men earn on average, compared to 70p for every £1 in the asset management industry.
-
‘Clock is ticking’ for pay gap disclosure
Employers that fail to meet the deadline to disclose their gender pay gap could wind up in court, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.
