Buyer’s Remorse Hits Finance Bosses Who ‘Overhired’ for ESG May 1, 2025 By Gautam Naik There’s a course-correction underway among financial firms that went all out on ESG hiring just a few years back, according...
Top Japanese Firms Scrap Employment System That Held Women Back April 23, 2025 By Nao Sano Japan’s biggest financial firms are abolishing decades-old employment practices that kept women off the corporate ladder. Nippon Life Insurance Co.,...
UK Urged to Give Companies Incentives to Hire the Long-Term Sick April 8, 2025 By Lucy White The UK government needs to consider more perks for businesses and employees if it’s serious about getting the long-term sick...
Women in UK Financial Services Still Earn a Fifth Less Than Men April 7, 2025 By Irina Anghel The average woman working in the UK financial sector earns about a fifth less than their male colleagues, a reflection...
UK Financial Services Industry Slow to Hire Women to Top Roles, Report Finds April 4, 2025 By Nell Mackenzie Britain’s financial industry has made little progress in recruiting more women to top positions, a new report from the UK...
Finland Ranks World’s Happiest Again With US at Worst-Ever Level March 19, 2025 By Kati Pohjanpalo Finland’s unbroken streak as the world’s happiest country continued for an eighth year while the US fell to 24th place,...
Odey Banned From UK Financial Services Industry for ‘Lack of Integrity’ March 19, 2025 By Jonathan Browning Crispin Odey was fined £1.8 million ($2.3 million) and banned by the UK’s financial regulator for showing a “reckless disregard”...
Trump Has Companies in Europe and Asia Walking a DEI Tightrope March 18, 2025 By Siraj Datoo Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and...
UK Financial Watchdogs Drop Diversity and ‘Name and Shame’ Reforms March 12, 2025 By Sinead Cruise Britain’s top financial regulators have scrapped proposed new rules to boost diversity and inclusion in the industry, and mothballed a...
Gender Pay Gap Endures in Australia’s Financial and Insurance Sectors March 4, 2025 By Amy Bainbridge and Nasteho Said Pay for women and men at firms in Australia’s financial and insurance services sector remains among the most unequal, according...