Asset managers must #talkaboutblack or lose out

Confronting the industry's lack of BAME fund managers

As the April deadline looms for firms to publish their gender pay gap reports and we head towards International Women's Day on 8 March, the spotlight is very firmly on gender diversity right now.

And so it should be - it really is about time. But diversity is about far more than gender.   In February, the Diversity Project, in conjunction with Aviva Investors, hosted a #talkaboutblack event, bringing together black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) professionals to hear keynote speaker Afua Hirsch, broadcaster and author of the book Brit(ish), and representatives from the asset management industry discuss their career experiences. Diversity blog: Women with ISAs outperform men but are less likely to invest Hirsch told how she continuously felt she had to explain her identit...