The deep pockets of donors in the financial sector have always been appealing to presidential candidates in both the Democratic and Republican parties, who make it a priority to cultivate support on Wall Street. Now that Wall Street darling and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is out of the presidential race, who do Wall Streeters […]
Archive for February 2008
filed under Money Talks
February 19th, 2008, 7:33 am
Women Climbing the Corporate and Real Estate Ladders
by Jessica Titlebaum
Sex In The City glamorized the image of the urban single woman, with a gorgeous apartment, a stylish wardrobe, an exciting life and means to pay for it all. Television has elevated the archetype of the powerful professional women to a cultural icon. With the premieres this season of Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle, two […]
filed under Next Level
For this Voice of Experience article, The Glass Hammer focused on Julia Mord, a young woman on the rise at a New York-based boutique investment management firm.
Julia is an Investment Analyst at a private investment office that manages money for a high net worth family. The firm manages two alternative investment portfolios that invest predominantly […]
filed under Voices of Experience
In the return of The Glass Hammer’s Intrepid Women series, we sent our own Kathryn Nilsson Reichert to learn how to play poker well enough to beat the gentlemen at their own game. Here, she describes the results…
Card games were never interesting to me. In fact, aside from an occasional game of solitaire while traveling, […]
filed under Intrepid Women Series
February 14th, 2008, 8:44 am
UK Report: Sexual Orientation Discrimination at Work
Contributed by Rebecca Chong, Rooks Rider Solicitors. Erin Abrams contributed some information to this article.
“Heterosexuality isn’t normal, just common,” British artist and gay activist Derek Jarman once quipped. Although the general population has become increasingly aware of sexual diversity in the workplace, particularly since the Gay Pride movement took on a more moderate face […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
“[My platform] is to make sure that my kids have their heads on straight. We can talk about [that] high-falutin’ notion … but here I am, a woman professional who has to work on top of my first job as a mother.”
Sounds like a statement that could have been made by any working mom in […]
filed under Mentors
February 12th, 2008, 7:37 am
Sapphire Partners & London Business School Focus on Flexible Working
It was standing room only at London Business School on January 31, 2008, as executives from around London came to hear tips and stories from four senior women who have risen through the ranks while working flexibly. Kate Grussing, Managing Director and Founder of Sapphire Partners, moderated the panel. Some advice recurred throughout the evening:
filed under Next Level
February 12th, 2008, 6:37 am
How to Divorce your Man but Keep your Assets
For this Expert Answers column, The Glass Hammer turned to Catherine Costley, Assistant Solicitor in the Family Department of Rooks Rider Solicitors, a top British law firm known for its expertise in Employment Law. Here, Catherine provides her expert opinion to Glass Hammer readers about how to protect your assets in the event of a […]
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February 8th, 2008, 7:26 am
Book Reviews: The Glass Hammer’s Top Business Books
This week, we at The Glass Hammer are kicking off a new occasional Friday segment where we review and recommend business-oriented books that might be of particular interest to women working in law and finance. Today we review 3 top business books, so keep reading after the jump. Have a top pick yourself? Write in […]
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The news about a massive securities fraud by a rogue trader at France’s second largest bank, Société Générale, just keeps getting worse. The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that the bank didn’t lose the $4.9 billion euros that it first reported, but will actually report losses of over $6 billion euros after unwinding the unhedged […]
filed under News
February 6th, 2008, 7:38 am
Where the Jobs Are For Women in Finance in 2008
Contributed by Gary M. Stern
If you listen to news reports about the subprime mortgage mess, you’d think the job market in finance is all gloom and doom. While opportunities in mortgages will be limited for some time, leading executive recruiters and career experts say that jobs are still out there for women in finance […]
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On January 30, 2008, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) hosted a launch party for the new book Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of our Next Economic Revolution by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland. The event took place at PwC’s offices at Embankment Place in London, where over 100 guests were invited to attend at talk by […]
filed under Breaking the Glass Ceiling
February 4th, 2008, 7:21 am
Voice of Experience: Wanda Wallace, CEO of Leadership Forum, Inc.
by Jane Carruthers
Wanda Wallace, Ph.D. is President and CEO of Leadership Forum, Inc. The firm specializes in working with organizations to enhance corporate capability in leadership including strategic thought, customer insight, people and inclusive cultures.
Dr. Wallace has worked with many firms in the financial arena, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Ernst and Young, and […]
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