Will digitisation boost industry diversity?

New ways of thinking required

Just 7% of investment funds in the UK are managed or co-managed by women, according to Morningstar.

In contrast, the proportion of women in other professions -  like law, accountancy and medicine - varies between 24% and 48%. Similarly, the number of female fund managers in the US is less than 10% and, if anything, has been declining in the last ten years and stands well below other professions.  This speaks to a wider issue regarding the under-representation of cognitive diversity in what are essentially male-focused cultures with behavioural undertones that are deemed distasteful.  Industry heavyweights team up to launch MosaicNED Elizabeth Corley, deputy chair of Allianz Gl...