CFA UK: Moving beyond 'old hat' diversity issues

Keeping up with changing times

Lauren Mason looks at CFA UK and its partners have modified their approach to help investment firms implement policies that promote inclusion.

Some of the ways in which diversity in the asset management industry is being discussed has become "old hat", according to CFA UK chief executive Will Goodhart, who said the industry needs to move on from discussing why diversity is important, and focus on how to implement tangible changes within their company. The statements come six months after the CFA UK rebranded its UK Gender Diversity network scheme, which is now called the CFA UK Inclusion & Diversity network, as it realised it should be moving with the times and leading the investment industry in terms of its approach. Nordea...