Freshfields nearly triples intake of new women partners with 50/50 gender split
12 April 2021
Freshfields nearly triples intake of new women partners with 50/50 gender split
Tally of 11 promoted women partners, including five out of six in London, welcomed by new leader Georgia Dawson
Georgia Dawson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has easily surpassed its newly set gender diversity target in this year’s partner promotion round with women making up half of the 22-strong tally. The 11 women making partner compare to just four who made the grade in 2020, 19% of the cohort of 21. In March, Freshfields managing partner Georgia Dawson, who this year became first woman ever to lead a Magic Circle firm, spearheaded a new diversity and inclusion action plan, which included the goal that at least 40% of new partners are women, 40% are men and 20% are either men, women or non-binary from 2021 to 2026.
AXA IM rebrands fund to broaden social progress mandate
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New social progress vehicle to cover wider remit
AXA IM s Anne Tolmunen
AXA Investment Managers has rebranded its AXA WF Framlington Women Empowerment fund in order to expand its investable universe.
The fund, which will now be called AXA WF Framlington Social Progress, formerly invested in companies that fostered gender diversity. It will now invest in companies that address a wider range of social needs relating sustainable human progress.
Embracing difference: What you need to know about neurodiversity
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Understanding how different brains are wired
Accepting the differences in people s neurological make-up is as important as embracing different gender and racial backgrounds
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It is well known that a diverse workforce is crucial to business growth and innovative thinking. This is particularly true in the investment industry, where a growing body of evidence highlights diverse teams typically outperform homogenous ones.
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