Investment sector not doing enough to improve ethnic diversity - CFA UK survey

Top issues include talent retention and pay gap

Investment professionals are concerned that the sector is not doing enough to promote ethnic diversity, a new survey has revealed.

Just over a third (35%) of respondents believe their firm is doing enough to recruit from diverse ethnic backgrounds compared to 38% who said their firm is not doing enough, according to the CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK) which represents the interests of 12,000 British investment professionals. When asked to identify the one area of inclusion and diversity where their firm needs to improve, more than a quarter of respondents (26%) again identified ethnicity. Investment firms urged to do more to tackle racial inequality This proportion was significantly higher than those who identi...