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Women are on the move in May and June into the executive suites of top industries.
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The end of the road for women’s networks?
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) “About 30 years worth of effort has gone into promoting more women into senior leadership,” says Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. “We have to stop bringing groups of women together to talk about what we know is going wrong....
Faith-Based Fund Management: You’ve Got to Have Faith
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) While so many people have lost faith in Wall Street and the stock market during the past year, many others have renewed theirs. They are the faith-based investors—people investing based on criteria set by religious a...
Transition Services Helping Asset Management Firms Make Advances
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) It’s been a long time coming, but asset management firms are finally winning back market share in the transition services arena. As banks and brokers drop out of the marketplace, asset management firms are moving back i...
Overcoming Madoff in Fund Management
by Elizabeth Harrin (London) “We have definitely seen a deterioration in potential investors because of Mr. Madoff’s activities,” says Tonya Powell, Principal at ELP Capital, Inc, investment company which specializes in real estate-secured as...
Life in a Boutique Firm: Pros and Cons for Women in Fund Management
by Elizabeth Harrin (London) There’s more to fund management than the big players like Santander and Jupiter. Fixed income boutique firms might be smaller, but they are more agile and offer different career opportunities. “In a boutique firm, p...
Managing the Business of Asset Management
Contributed by Holly H. Miller, Partner, Stone House Consulting LLC In the wake of plummeting revenue streams, particularly with client concerns over operational risk and managers’ needs to control costs, the lines between traditional investment ma...
Alternative Careers for Former Wall Street Women
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Is there life after Wall Street? With unemployment rates at an all time high and the financial industry in turmoil as a result of the economic downturn, some Wall Streeters are considering major career changes. Oppor...
From Challenge to Opportunity: Leadership Advice for Current and Future Executive Women
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) At the “Dialogue for Leadership – From Challenge to Opportunity: Leading to the Future” panel at the 2009 Forté MBA Women’s Conference held on the 26th and 27th of June at the New York University, two of Fo...
Underrepresented Minorities in Tech
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) Last week, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology released an eye-opening report. Entitled “Obstacles and Solutions for Underrepresented Minorities (URM) in Technology”, the report examines why...
