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Women in Wealth: Retaining & Advancing Women Investment Advisors in Wealth Management

Financial institutions that effectively address the gender gap in wealth management and investment advising stand to significantly benefit from the impending wealth transfer.  

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Les Femmes en Gestion de Patrimoine: La rétention et l’avancement des conseillères en placements

Les institutions financières qui s’attaquent efficacement à l’écart entre les sexes dans la gestion de patrimoine et le conseil en investissement bénéficieront considérablement du transfert de richesse imminent.

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Attracting Women and Gender-Diverse Students to Wealth Management

Women’s wealth is growing rapidly in Canada, and with it comes the need for advisors who understand their priorities.  And yet, only 15-20% of financial advisors are women. So why aren’t more women stepping into these roles?

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Project Affinity: The Current State of Gender Equity in Canadian Investment Banking

A recent study by VersaFi explores the persistent gender equity challenges within the Canadian investment banking sector. The survey results demonstrate that systemic barriers remain, hindering women’s recruitment, retention, and advancement in the sector.

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Capital Markets: Why so few Women?

This case, prepared by the Institute of Gender and the Economy with content and research contributions from VersaFi (formerly WCM) President & CEO Camilla Sutton, is based on a design sprint jointly by both organizations in 2018 at the Rotman School of Management. This report offers an analysis as to what is hindering women from careers in capital markets.

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What Women Are Up Against At Work

For the last two years, LeanIn.Org and SurveyMonkey have partnered to understand better what men and women are experiencing in the workplace.

Here’s what we learned.

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Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report - Women and Paid Work

Using primarily annual data from the 2016 Labour Force Survey, this report examines women’s labour market trends and how they have evolved over time. Canadian women’s experiences are also compared against other G7 countries, and divided along personal characteristic lines such as education attained, province, and marital status.

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Women in the Boardroom - 7th edition

This Deloitte report provides a comprehensive look at both the global efforts made to increase board diversity, and the progress made to date. The research scans 6 continents, over 60 countries, and over 7,000 companies. Findings are divided by region and country, and include industry variations.

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