By CEO and Founder Nicki Gilmour Loreen Arbus is a woman of many worlds and has certainly lived a life less ordinary. She is already known by many as a change leader, a thinker and a doer, a career woman, a supporter of the arts, a member of numerous boards, an ally for people with […]
In celebration of 2014’s International Women’s Day (IWD), and in keeping with the mission of The Glass Hammer to inform, inspire and empower you in your career, the many interesting, useful events that IWD creates will be covered extensively here throughout the month. Instead, today let’s talk about the elephant in the room; what is […]
Donna Parisi, a Partner at global law firm Shearman & Sterling, recently sat down with theglasshammer.com to share her thoughts on the future of the derivatives industry. Donna was profiled on the site in 2010 when she participated in our “Top Women on the Buyside” management event, which she will be chairing again this […]
By Nicki Gilmour and Jessica Titlebaum Starting today and running until the end of the month, the Glass Hammer will profile women that have immensely impacted the derivatives industry. We have women running exchanges, clearinghouses, and technology firms that have not only influenced the industry’s operations, but have paved the way for other women to […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly and we wish you and yours a festive break and a Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. We will return on January 2, 2014 to bring you the best career advice that we can muster from our editorial team, which includes 15 freelance journalists from around the globe. […]
By Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of The Glass Hammer The Glass Hammer wants to congratulate the women who have broken the glass ceiling by joining the C-suite or becoming Executive Officers at Fortune 500 (US), FTSE 100 (UK), and other globally-listed companies on stock exchanges this year. Special congratulations are in order for the […]
One hundred fifty women gathered on Tuesday night at the Princeton Club for The Glass Hammer’s 3rd annual “Navigating, Negotiating and Building Your Strategic Network” event for women in investment management. This year, the panel of senior women featured Debbie Hammalian, Chief Compliance Officer, ING U.S. Investment Management, Kerry Jordan, CFA, Director of Marketing and […]
By Tina Vasquez When Cynthia Freund was growing up, she dreamt of flying. After minoring in aviation technology and obtaining her private pilot’s license, she applied to the Air Force with the hope of making her dream of being a pilot a reality. The atmosphere was ultra-competitive and Freund jokes the closest she came to […]
This week we are profiling amazing women in investment management ahead of our annual career panel event on the 5th November for women in the industry who want to make it to the top. By Michelle Hendelman and Nicki Gilmour There is some good news to be had in the fund management sector as performance […]
Do you need to be collaborative, innovative and decisive, above all else, to become a leader? These are the traits attributed to current leaders according to almost 300 women surveyed by us in a recent research report [PDF]. This is what over 200 women in technology wanted to know at The Glass Hammer’s 4th Annual […]