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Minority groups sidelined by BoE, report finds
Internal review reveals minority ethnic staff felt less safe in the workplace, while career progression was stifled
UK financial sector slowly improving on diversity – BoE paper
Research shows women are gaining a foothold, but progress with age and nationality diversity has stalled
Fed still lags on diversity, says campaigners’ report
Campaigners say regional bank leaders still mostly white, male and from big business
UK regulators propose new policies to foster diversity
Data and disclosure will be important to assess progress, regulators say
Pandemic changes could help women advance in central banks
Remote working gives staff flexibility not offered by existing arrangements, say senior policy-makers
A chemical engineer walks into a bank
Mónica Fernandes, head of the quality and counterfeit analysis division at the Bank of Portugal, explains why it is just as important for central banks to employ scientists as to employ economists
Diversity is key for policy-making and institutional culture
Anita Bezhoska, governor of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, talks about the benefits of diversity for central bank policy-making, and why more needs to be done to improve the number of women within the financial sector as a whole
Number of women in financial services is ‘pathetic’ – IMF’s Georgieva
IMF and ECB heads say central banks must increase their representation of women
The importance of diversity when selecting banknote icons
The former head of currency at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Brian Lang, explains why inclusion and diversity were such important factors for the country’s 1992–93 banknote redesign
Governors Nabiullina, Tabaković and Bezhoska on systemic risk and women in power
Russia, Serbia and North Macedonia governors discuss bank reforms, corruption and the Covid-19 crisis
Emerging-market central banks lead on women’s empowerment
EME central banks have more women at staff level and in senior positions, but there are deep disparities worldwide, with childcare availability appearing to be a major cause
Bank of Ghana using data to close gender financial inclusion gap
New systems collect gender-disaggregated data on a number of financial products and services
FCA to clamp down on firms with low levels of diversity
UK regulator says it will consider how best to use its powers if inclusion and diversity are in question
Economics profession has a culture problem – Yellen
Former Fed chair says there is an implicit bias against women in economics
Corporate Services Benchmarks 2021 report – trends in financial reporting and administration
Insights on staffing and salaries, technological automation, data security, rule compliance, gender equality and green office spaces in accounting, audit, HR and administration
People: New deputies named in China and Mexico
Plus ECB appoints senior supervisors, and Donald Trump tries to install new OCC chief
IMF misses gender targets as number of senior women falls
Number of women in senior IMF roles “can and should” increase – report
People: Bangladesh appoints deputy; Elderson has bumpy ride
Bangladesh Bank names new deputy; Elderson passes EU parliament vote despite opposition
Brainard criticises Fed’s diversity efforts
Lack of diversity is holding back the economics profession, says senior Fed official
SNB head to face council over sexism allegations – media reports
Lawmakers demand answers on treatment of women after report alleges sexist culture at SNB
Nigeria’s central bank implements financial inclusion strategy targeted at women
Central bank wants to close financial services gender gap by 2024
ECB taking further steps to address gender imbalance - Isabel Schnabel
Efforts to foster greater inclusion of women help tackle “groupthink”, says board member
People: BoE governor appoints first female private secretary
St Louis Fed appoints new COO; new appointments at Kazakhstan’s sovereign fund and central bank; and more
Female workers badly hit by pandemic job losses – IMF economist
Lower-paid workers hit hardest both by 2008 recession and slump caused by pandemic