Diversity and equality

“How many minority-owned ETFs do you know?” an advisor asks.

One of the largest professional designation and training schools launched a program to award free tuition to at least 25 students in the next year.

Institutions large and small are either creating new positions or elevating existing diversity heads to C-suite roles. Will the moves help banks improve equality within their ranks and better serve their communities?

Here’s what leaders around the world say must be done.

As one of the fewer than 1,400 black CFPs, I hope to be a gateway to economic empowerment and generational wealth for the African-American community, writes planner and contributor Zaneilia Harris.

The asset manager’s culture is allegedly one in which women's careers are destined to stall and portfolio-manager ranks are reserved for white men, the lawsuit claims.

Non-disclosure agreements and mandatory arbitration are part of what critics call a machine of silence that shields bad behavior from becoming public.

At home or under a socially distanced beach umbrella, these diverse titles will help while away this singular season.

“The face of our industry is typically not me,” says the Vanguard and DFA veteran. “I thought about how many young people that I could inspire. So I raised my hand.”

A former engineer claims he was “routinely harassed and discriminated against” by the custodian and its management.

Over the past 15 years, Black participation in the industry has stalled at a mere 8% — a figure that typically dwindles heading up the leadership ranks.

The bank’s home city of Toronto boasts a population that is more than 50% foreign-born, but there is little diversity in the upper echelons of its financial firms.

Opening up about your personal circumstances forms a bond that can only benefit your planning practice.

Amy Cooper, who was fired from her job as head of insurance investment, could face up to one year in jail, three years of probation or a $1,000 fine.

The largest percentage of women advisors for any single firm rose from the previous year, but the available numbers paint a stark picture.

This year’s survey results reveal challenges for independent broker-dealers and their future growth.

The privileged realms of American finance still look much the way they did a decade ago, or even two or three decades ago.

Some say conversations about race have no place in the workplace. We disagree.

A new book could help advisors better grasp the difficulty with the topic of money among underserved client groups.

The industry’s lack of Black people and other minorities may explain why the world of social investing has fallen short on pushing corporations on race.