Mental health ranks as highest employee concern for asset managers

Work-life balance a key priority

The mental health of employees ranks as the highest wellbeing concern for asset management firms, while financial wellbeing is considered of lowest priority.

According to Howden Employee Benefits and Wellbeing's latest Benchmarking and Insights report, while mental wellbeing was of most concern, initiatives were offered equally for both physical and mental wellbeing. Reboot finds 'lack of real progress' in financial services DEI Financial wellbeing, however, was regarded as being of lowest priority and also received the lowest attention through company initiatives. The report surveyed 174 asset management companies across a range of headcounts, with firms smaller than 20 employees' comprising half of respondents, followed by mid-sized f...