Diversity and equality

Regulation key to systemic health, Quarles says; HSBC plans cuts

05/31/19

Stress tests, capital buffers and liquidity levels are best ways to make financial system safe; HSBC plans to layoff “several hundred” from investment bank.

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JPMorgan agrees to $5 million settlement in parental leave case

05/30/19

The payout resolves a 2017 complaint filed by a male employee who alleged the bank’s parental leave policy was biased against dads.

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'Look up, there's no glass ceiling': State Street's Hannah Grove

05/25/19

Calls for getting more women into leadership positions, and strategies for achieving that, dominated the LEAD conference in New York.

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‘Leap of faith’: Fifth Third’s Tanner resigning to focus on social causes

05/20/19

Teresa Tanner, one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking, is stepping down as the bank’s chief administrative officer to focus on larger societal issues, such as helping women advance in the workplace and creating economic opportunities for minorities and people with disabilities.

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JPMorgan said to name record number of female managing directors

04/24/19

JPMorgan Chase promoted 117 employees to managing director in its corporate and investment bank, with women representing a little more than a quarter of the total (a record percentage), a person briefed on the changes said.

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Citi earns high marks for disclosing disparities in gender pay

04/01/19

Citigroup earned the lone "A" on an investment firm's scorecard that measures companies' commitments to closing the pay gap between men and women. Goldman Sachs was one of four banks to receive an "F."

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Goldman Sachs says U.K. women earn half as much per hour as men

03/25/19

Goldman Sachs pays women in the U.K. an average of 50.6 percent less than male colleagues per hour, although this is an improvement on the 56 percent gap the Wall Street firm reported a year ago.

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Credit union executive calls out sexist behavior at CUNA conference

03/22/19

In a post to a social networking site, Rachel Pross, chief risk officer at an Oregon institution, described unwanted touches and inappropriate comments by male executives and directors at the event.

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Lack of diversity at Home Loan banks 'concerning,' Waters says

03/20/19

A report from the Government Accountability Office found that while the Federal Home Loan banks have taken steps to improve diversity among boards of directors, members are still largely male and nonminorities.

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Goldman’s diversity push; bitcoin futures expire

03/19/19

The bank is tying manager pay to inclusive hiring; Cboe Global Markets to stop trading bitcoin futures.

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