The concept of the “corporate ladder” is such a common analogy that many in the business world only see their careers in terms of the rungs they haven’t been able to reach. According to Christi Pedra, CEO of Siemens Hearing Instruments, that kind of thinking may be a mistake. Pedra prefers to think of the […]
We are off enjoying the last days of summer. We’ll be back tomorrow with more great profiles of women breaking the glass ceiling and other news from the trenches in fund management, finance, law and big business.
By Lily H. Li (New York City) Women make up only 10% of all the executives in South Korea and most corporations have only one or two female executives. And it is worse in the financial industry: Hye-Ryun Kang and Chris Rowley note in their case study, “Women in Management in South Korea: Advancement or […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) The last nine months have been the toughest of Alison Sanger’s career. As COO of Ironwood Capital Management, she has worked incredibly hard to help the firm navigate the choppy waters of the financial crisis. But Sanger had an additional challenge as she had her third child right in […]
by Elizabeth Harrin (London) Generation Y (also known as ‘The Millennial Generation’) are people born between the late 1970’s and early 1990’s, and represent the demographic cohort following Generation X. Chances are you have some in your department. They don’t have the same approach to work to that of their older colleagues. We offer up […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart While layoffs are more common and carry less stigma, it is still true that employers generally prefer employed candidates to unemployed. So you need to be truthful and acknowledge the layoff, but you don’t need to dwell on it. In fact, you want to move away from the topic […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) The number one hiring request at fund management firms right now is for diverse candidates, says Karen Fenaroli, a recruiter who specializes in senior level jobs at asset management firms. It sounds encouraging, but is it really? Are the requests for diverse candidates a response to the growing body of literature […]
by Elizabeth Harrin (London) Fund managers are faced with a rack of new decisions, shaped by the climate change agenda: should we invest in ‘clean’ energies like wind power? If you know an organisation consumes a lot of carbon, does that make its market value less? On top of that, it’s a political hot potato, […]
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group The FDIC identified an increase in the number of problem banks. The Terra Firma seals its first US acquisition. Close Brothers are bidding for a private banking franchise. These are but a few highlights of important market events that we’ve gathered to help you start the […]
In the last ten years, the average FTSE 100 chief executive’s pay packet pole-vaulted up by 295%. Contrast that with the mere 50% increase in earnings of average citizen in the UK (according to Manifest, which advises investors on corporate governance). The banking industry hasn’t exactly held bank on paying itself big bucks in bad […]