Diversity and equality

Experts from the Fed, Intuit and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center explored ideas for more effective ways to advance the goals of the mortgage interest deduction.

Some planners and firms are taking action to address impending retirements. Here's why opening more pathways into the field matters to every company in wealth management.

Nationwide found that women struggle to understand what to do with their savings once they hit retirement.

A study from the St. Louis Fed shows unequal playing field in the U.S., where never-married Black women own 8 cents for every $1 held by unmarried white men.

The $72 trillion generational handover demonstrates the undeniable momentum of Black wealth in the U.S.

The 30-year industry veteran and coach to financial advisors and executives provides the story of his life in "Confessions of a Wall Street Warrior."

Over the past decade, the equities division at the megabank saw harassment allegations pile up, as well as alleged instances of in-office cocaine use, among other complaints.

Recruiting female athletic talent can help secure the short- and long-term health of wealth management, writes a Morgan Stanley executive who is a former equestrian.

A financial services executive discusses why a lack of representation in the space could put more women at risk of financial ruin.

The megabank, which is eliminating about 5,000 jobs in a first round of restructuring, said that it's paused its annual review of racial and gender pay gaps. Citi will conduct a 2023 review sometime later this year, a source said.

Professor Mara Derderian at Bryant University explains why mentorship is vital to diversifying the male-dominated finance industry.

For the second straight year, Goldman Sachs shareholders have filed a proposal calling for more details on racial and gender pay gaps. The request comes as the investment banking giant faces scrutiny over its lack of high-ranking women leaders.

Single women are poised to gain trillions of dollars in wealth by the end of the decade. Here's what financial advisors need to know about working with them.

Ditch the Monte Carlo scenarios and 20-page reports — today's woman investor expects tangible, actionable advice to reach her goals.

From C-suites down, American finance is quietly reassessing its promises to level the playing field — and, in many cases, rolling them back.

Stubbornly persistent differences between white and Black households' income and assets present financial advisors with the big-picture implications of their work.

Too many clients are having important conversations with financial planners who don't share a similar background. That needs to change.

Yesterday's historic "firsts" blazed a trail for those of today — with a moral and business imperative for the industry to learn from these five figures' examples.

LeCount Davis was the first African American to earn wealth management's "gold standard" of certifications. Today he's helping others do the same.

Though she is widely considered the first African American woman to be a stockbroker, some blurriness surrounds what is known about the rest of her life story.