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The Great Divide: Study Reveals a Growing Disconnect Between Employers and Employees
By Cheryl Santa Maria (Toronto) The unstable workforce hasn’t seriously influenced employees’ career expectations, according to a recent report. Spherion’s 2009 Emerging Workforce Study reveals that employers need to do more to retain ...
National Association of Women Lawyers’ Fourth Annual National Survey On Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms
By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) recently released their Report of The Fourth Annual National Survey On Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. The survey program, which began in 2006, is, acc...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. The dollar fell to its lowest level since August 2008. The British economy may be out of recession already. Goldman Sachs has apologised for its role in the financial crisis. And Bernie...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. The eurozone emerged from recession in the third quarter. U.S. senator Chris Dodd proposed consolidating the four agencies that inspect banks into a single regulator. The London Stock Ex...
Pay Czar Cuts Comp: Can Women Help Correction?
By Liz O’Donnell (Boston) The recent announcement that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg would cut executive compensation for the 25 most highly paid employees at seven Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) recipients (AIG, Bank of America, Citigroup, G...
Ask-A-Career Coach: From Entrepreneur To Employee
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart™ I took this last year to work on a business idea. I’ve had some success but am unsure of the long-term viability of the business so I’d like to start looking for a corporate job. How do...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. The European Commission raised its forecast for European economic growth for 2010, while U.S. unemployment rose to 10.2% in October. These are but a few highlights of important market ev...
The Glass Hammer / Stone House Consulting Survey of Buy-Side Industry Trends
Contributed by Holly H. Miller of Stone House Consulting, LLC Executive Summary Margins in the investment management industry are under siege, facing threats from both directions – lower fees and rising costs. The Glass Hammer / Stone House Consult...
Rumblings and Mumblings at the FIA Expo
By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago) Mere days before the 25th Annual Futures & Options Expo began on October 21st, the Chicago derivatives market was all abuzz. The cause: the report last week by Crain’s Chicago Business that the CME Group was cons...
Best of the Best: Working Mother’s Top Companies for Women
By Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Twenty-six financial services firms, seven major technology companies, and four law firms were named in the Working Mother 100 Best Companies 2009 list, giving us hope that despite all the challenges women face and we ...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. The proposed sale of General Motors’ Opel business to Magna International and Sberbank has suffered a setback. US banks Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan all repor...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. The E.U. unveiled new rules to create a new Eurpoean Systematic Risk Board. The pound fell to a low of £0.9078 against the euro, its weakest level since April. Goldman Sachs tops Dealo...
The White House Project: Promoting Women Leaders in the Public and Private Sectors
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) “When we started there was absolutely no attention paid to how stuck women’s leadership was in the US,” says Marie Wilson, founder and President of The White House Project. That was 1998. Today, she says, “p...
The MOVE Project: Top Accounting Firms Trying to Find Out Why Women Leave the Industry
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) According to Joanne Cleaver, the founder of Wilson-Taylor Associates, there’s a pattern for women in public accounting: they love it, but leave it. There are many theories as to why, but Cleaver, a research project man...
Goldman Sachs Returnship (SM) Program Helps Top Women On-Ramp Into Finance
By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) On September 15, 2008, 11 women walked through the doors of the Goldman Sachs office in Manhattan. Some had decades of experience in finance; others had substantial careers in law, technology, operations and account...
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...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the US recession is probably over, and Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King expects a slow recovery for the UK. Banks will face li...
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...
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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....
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
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 ...
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...
Women on Corporate Boards: The New Economic Stimulus
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Since Catalyst first published the report “The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity” in 2004 showing a positive connection between women in top management positions and an orga...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informe...
Professional Women Choosing to Remain Childless
by Marian Schembari (New York City) In the past ten years, the number of women who choose to remain childless has practically doubled. According to an article published last month in the Telegraph, the tides are turning as it used to be poverty a...
Helping Female Leaders Succeed: Seven Best Practices
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Women may be less likely to encounter blatant sexism on the job than in prior years, but a recent study suggests “modern sexism” is still keeping women from achieving the highest level of success in corp...
Women in Law Firms: Stuck in the Middle
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Fifty-one percent of the U.S. population is female and women have been graduating from law school at the same rate as men for at least 25 years. But when you look at the number of women partners in law firms, the 50/50...
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...
The Need for Women Leaders on Wall Street
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) What if there were more women leaders on Wall Street? This is the question a new report from The National Council for Research on Women, a network of 120 leading U.S. research, policy and advocacy centers, raises. The ...
In Case You Missed It: Business News Round-up
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well in...
Pride Month Coverage: Top 5 Ways NOT to Tell Your Co-Workers You are a Lesbian
You are a professional woman in finance, law, or business. You probably went to a great university, have paid your dues, and are making way up the career ladder as we speak. Yet, you feel incomplete. You are likely either: (a) a straight woman readin...
