People need to be "energised" about diversity, according to HSBC Global Asset Management UK chief executive Andy Clark, at an event focusing on the topic organised by The Diversity Project.
The event, sponsored by HSBC Global Asset Management UK and hosted by Aviva Investors, featured speakers such as HSBC's senior product specialist Meike Bliebenicht, LGIM's Dame Helena Morrissey, PwC partner Jon Terry, Jane Welsh, co-lead of the Diversity Project's Gender Network and Gavin Lewis, head of institutional distribution at Vanguard. Thinktank New Financial also soft-launched their findings from a study into diversity in portfolio management roles. Martin Gilbert: Gender equality has a long way to go but a shift is taking place Delegates received suggestions on how they...
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