It won’t just change the composition of corporate board rooms. It may change conversations with clients too.

Regulatory shifts, M&A, new technology — there’s a lot on the horizon for the industry.

An employee who left in 2018 said she experienced a barrage of racial and sexual antagonism while at the firm, such that “it is not possible to list all of the comments and conduct in one document."

Homogeneous industries and male executives are the primary target clients of the new consultancy, Kathleen Zemaitis says.

Efforts to diversify boardrooms have taken on new urgency this year as racial unrest called attention to income inequality and pressure mounted on banks and other publicly traded companies to do something about it.

The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.

The custodian is upping the number of scholarships set aside for women and people of color.

For its next leader, Ohio National turned to a veteran executive with prior experience leading its independent broker-dealer.

One thing was made clear at the annual event: There’s more work to be done.

The hurdles faced by Black professionals who break into the financial services belie the notion that their small numbers at the industry’s top ranks are a pipeline problem.