Contributed by Amy Impellizzeri (New York City) As the confirmation hearings on Elena Kagan conclude, one question remains unanswered. What does Kagan’s nomination mean for American lawyer moms? While the nomination of Kagan has been lauded as groundbreaking – setting the stage for three women sitting on the Supreme Court for the first time in […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) In talking to Margo Cook, CFA, Executive Vice President of Nuveen Investments, its clear that what she’s valued the most throughout her career is her ability to be a part of and to build effective teams. While her career has taken her from The Bank of New York […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) The Glass Hammer is taking a long weekend to celebrate Independence Day. If you’re not out watching the fireworks, why not take a few minutes to catch up on a few of our recent most popular stories? Voice of Experience: Wendy Stops, Global Managing Director, Quality & Client […]
By Sophie Fletcher (Chicago) At the heart of risk management is data management. This is according to three speakers at the Securities Information and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Technology Expo. Edward Hida, partner at Deloitte & Touche, Keith Sexton, the global director of the financial markets at IBM, and Chris Church, the CEO of SWIFT […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™ I had a client who had started a business that needed a cash infusion. At the same time, recognizing that cash flow was an issue, he started to explore going back in-house (he had been a successful banker before starting his own shop). He needed to position himself as […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) In honor of Pride Month, The Glass Hammer is featuring an interview with PwC’s Susan Siegmund, the first female partner to sit on the firm’s GLBT Advisory Board. Siegmund’s personal story illustrates the value of GLBT support in the workplace. Susan Siegmund is a Fort Worth, Texas, based […]
By Cleo Thompson (London), Founder of The Gender Blog “It’s time to get serious about sex”, declared Avivah Wittenberg-Cox in 2008, at the NYC launch of her book, Why Women Mean Business. Co-authored with Financial Times contributor Alison Maitland, the book took the economic arguments for gender change to the heart of the corporate world […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “Women’s one-word association with wealth is security,” said Linda Descano, President and COO at Women & Co., a division of Citi. Recently, Women & Co. released the results of its national survey on women and personal finance, which measured women’s attitudes toward money and financial decision-making following the […]
Avis Yates Rivers, CEO of Technology Concepts Group International, has spent her career in the technology sector – and after 25 years running successful companies, she says one of the most important things she’s learned is “put the right people in the right seats.” Staying ahead of shifting technology, she said, means “hiring the right […]
Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. Financial markets fell this week. In the US, the Fed froze rates on Wednesday and financial reform legislation was passed Thursday. The UK will introduce a levy on banks, which is expected to raise £2bn a year. This weekend China ended the […]