Capital City's Richards: Time to update the fund management Tardis

Mike Richards, director at Capital City Media, argues if Doctor Who can move with the times and have a woman play the lead role, why can't the investment sector?

On 23 November 1963, I was hiding behind my sofa (couch if you're posh). This was the first viewing of Doctor Who with the eponymous Time Lord being attacked by big metal objects which used sink plungers as offensive weapons. This was far too scary for this then six-year-old - the sofa was my sanctuary.  AXA IM to launch gender diversity-focused fund for Lamirel Nearly 54 years on, the 13th Doctor will be a woman; William Hartnell will be turning in his Dalek-shaped grave. Like Doctor Who, the UK fund management industry has been equally as slow to allow women to the top table. ...