A plea for fresh thinking

When The Wisdom Council launched our Yes She Can campaign in 2018 to unpick the gender investing gap, an FCA team member looked aghast at the idea that we might be encouraging women to take more ‘risk’ with their savings. Investing was seen as somehow beyond the risk appetite of many customers, especially women. We […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day

As I look to celebrate International Women’s Day with an afternoon invite to Downing Street and an evening with the shadow Chancellor, I hope you are all feeling empowered by the women you are or that you have in your lives. Progress has been made on closing the gender gap, but there’s been no shortage […]

Will board reporting be the nudge the industry needs?

This month the FCA announced that it will require all listed firms to report the diversity make up of their boards. Not only that, but it insists that 40% of board roles should be represented by women, that non-white ethnic minorities have representation, and that at least one senior board position should be filled by […]