Diversity and equality

Unlike competing financial services firms, the asset manager has agreed to undergo a racial audit.

Amanda Daugherty accused the wealth manager of gender-based discrimination and unlawful termination.

The principal for operations and strategy of an independent research firm explains the range of available products and ESG data.

The update is a step forward to being more inclusive of individuals who don’t identify as male or female.

What's going on at LPL, Captrust, Avantax, Pershing, Citigroup, Edelman Financial Engines, and other quick takes from around the industry.

Impact investment manager Rachel Robasciotti and other advocates say the private proceedings are harmful to victims and helpful to firms protecting serial harassers.

Keith Beverly, one of a handful of Black CFP-CFA holders, is pushing to mint more.

Brokerage powerhouse commits to a reform program to expand opportunities for advisors of color.

JPMorgan Chase said it plans to hire 300 additional Black and Latino wealth advisors by 2025 to serve more clients from those communities and allow employees from diverse backgrounds to advance in their careers.

Employees indicated they want more personal time and women in particular have sought greater flexibility to work remotely, its co-head of wealth management says.

The firm will enlist law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to review the issue and other incidents to surface in recent weeks.

Advisors have to make sure the whole team is treated fairly; avoiding making women into "the chick who always pours coffee,” writes Amanda Kerley.

A Pakistani Muslim women who started her career as a financial advisor in the U.S. after 9/11, Ayesha Yasin faced and overcame multiple stereotypes.

The RIA acquired the innovative practice while bulking up its social justice investing efforts and its wealth redistribution planning services.

Part of a push by the company to open offices in underserved areas, Anthony Williams aims to make it “a pillar” of the community, he says.

While her predecessor led the organization through the 2008 financial crisis, Thasunda Brown Duckett is taking the top role at a time of different uncertainty.

The exchange operator’s planned regulations are currently too narrow and should be amended, two groups wrote in comment letters to the SEC.

The training and certification organization chose a former bank and nonprofit official to lead its new Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality.

The wealth manager aims to build connections and take feedback through a new group resembling ones launched by rivals in recent years.

Rae becomes one of the few women leaders in financial services.