By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Yesterday, theglasshammer.com hosted its second Women on the Buy-Side networking breakfast and panel discussion. Nicki Gilmour, founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com, began the event by explaining that the purpose of the gathering was to draw together top women in the investment management industry to discuss the topic of risk [...]

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By Gigi DeVault (Munich)
Endowments and foundations need to do well in order to do good. The funds of endowments and foundations did very well—prior to 2009. Now, Chief Investment Officers of these institutional funds must forge strategies that can get the funds back on track and safeguard their missions.
Reihan Salan, who writes a [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
It seems as if young working women not only feel as if they can have it all, but a shockingly high percentage reports that they do have it all. According to recent research by Accenture, young professional women ages 22-35 – otherwise known as “millennial women” – believe they will [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
Novations, a highly regarded global talent development firm with over thirty years of research and development experience, recently conducted a research study that found – and there’s no surprise here – that women are still underrepresented in strategic and leadership roles. Even more disheartening, the firm’s findings also show that women [...]

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By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
While things are looking better for job seekers, the financial sector has not yet returned to its pre-recession state. There are still fewer jobs around. And even if you aren’t looking for a new job, the risk of more redundancies hangs heavy in the City. Nobody wants to be [...]

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By Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago)
There has been a noticeable change in the way women help other women in the workforce.
“In the past 10 years, I have seen a huge push among senior level women who are passionate about mentoring,” said Jo Miller, Founder of Women’s Leadership Coaching “to help emerging women leaders gain access to networks, [...]

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A weekly column by Nicki Gilmour, Founder and CEO of theglasshammer.com.
Welcome to my new weekly column on the latest news, surveys and trends on professional women in the workplace (I’ll sometimes write and sometimes podcast). I aim to keep you updated and to provide deeper insight into positive changes both employers, and women who are [...]

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By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
There’s been a lot written about getting more women on to boards. But boards act as an oversight body. Could you even name half the members of the board at your own company? Using the number of women on boards is a useful measurement in how enlightened or competitive a company is, [...]

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By Elizabeth Harrin (London)
If you’ve been following the release of various studies into the gender pay gap, you might be wondering what you can personally do to increase your chances of not falling into the chasm between men and women’s pay. In this difficult economic climate – although there are some small signs that things [...]

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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.”
Traditionally, women’s networks have been the ‘answer’ to the issue of getting more women into senior positions. [...]

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