Women in Finance Charter – Gender Diversity Plan 2022

Gender Diversity Plan Bruin recognises that diversity is imperative to all workplaces and is proud to pledge our support for gender balance across financial services. Our Gender Diversity Plan is a public commitment to maintain strong gender balance across the talent pipeline, proactively manage gender pay equity, effectively implement gender equality policies and practices, and…

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How Financial Services can be Menopause Friendly

Did you know that women of menopausal age are the fastest growing work demographic in the UK? And that 1 in 4 working in the financial services industry will consider leaving their job due to a lack of employer support? In the latest of our D&I insights series, Bruin recently partnered with Henpicked: Menopause in…

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Talent war ‘unique’ opportunity to close gender pay gap

Hiring needs in the industry are creating an opportunity to hire more women and finally narrow the gender pay gap. However, experts say that asset managers will need to review their hiring practices in order to appeal to women more. Kirsty Pineger, head of asset management at Bruin, says “all firms are looking to hire”…

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Advancing Black Women in Financial Services

Bruin’s first in person event of 2022, “Advancing Black Women in Financial Services” was recently held in partnership with networking group Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM), an industry association that promotes the retention and advancement of Black women working in asset management. Attendees from across financial services came together to learn about the latest…

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Women in Finance Charter – Panel Discussion

In this time of the so-called “Great Resignation”, Financial Services firms are experiencing higher than normal rates of attrition and then having to recruit to fill roles in a very competitive market. This of course impacts the pipeline of female talent that firms have worked so hard to attract and develop, a key consideration for…

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Firms lacking transparency on parental leave risk losing top talent

Asset managers that fail to disclose their parental leave policies risk losing out on top female talent to other industries. By Amie Keeley 6 January 2021 The warning comes after new research showed that almost 40 per cent of Europe’s largest asset managers do not make any reference to support for working families on their global websites.…

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Bruin Webinar: Empowering Women and Breaking Down Barriers

It is estimated that there are only 6 female CEOs in the UK’s top 100 firms and there is still a long way to go to get equality for females within the workplace. So how can we empower our female colleagues and support businesses to ensure they have diversity within the workplace? Bruin’s recent webinar…

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Does flexible working reinforce gender stereotypes?

Bruin recently attended an Artemis Coaching panel event hosted by HSBC entitled “Does Flexible Working Reinforce Gender Stereotypes?”. As the title of the discussion suggests, it was a lively and topical debate focusing on how undertaking flexible working options is perceived particularly in the financial world. Although the panel and the room agreed that flexible…

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Achieving Gender Diversity in Finance

Bruin’s recent Breakfast seminar “Achieving Gender Diversity in Finance” provided a forum for finance professionals to have a round table discussion on strategies to attract, retain, develop, and progress women working in finance. Led by Bruin Financial, recipient of the Women in Finance ’Recruiter of the Year’ Award for their diversity initiatives in talent management,…

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