Road to equality: Creating the alpha female fund managers of the future

'Ceilings to crack for women in finance'

#MeToo. #TimesUp #WomensMarch. In the past year, we have witnessed the greatest revolution towards gender equality since the suffragette movement. The energy and determination of activists around the globe has put women at the top of the agenda, but momentum must crystallise into real change, writes SYZ Asset Management's Claire Shaw.

On International Women's Day, I examine how far the asset management world needs to travel on the road to equality. The male-dominated investment industry certainly has a long way to go. Recent data showing the dearth of female fund managers in the UK is staggering and depressing in equal measure. Only one-in-ten fund managers are women, while 7% of publicly sold funds in the world, accounting for 4% of assets, are run by women. Gender diversity: How will tomorrow's asset management leaders look? There is definitely an 'all boys' club that will take years and years to diminish. ...