Can Gender Lens Funds Help Move the Dial on Pay Equality?
As we move through the second half of 2020, growth in corporate women-in-leadership (WIL) remains slow and uneven. The number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500 companies reached a new high of 37 this year, but that is still only 7.4% of the total. After the FTSE 350 companies briefly registered no all-male boards,…
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WIL Corporate Directory
This directory presents publicly-traded companies with at least one woman in the role of chairperson of the board, chief executive officers (CEO), or president. These 160 companies are from around the globe and industry spectrum with 30 countries and 56 industries represented. The constituents tend to reflect the largest market capitalizations in the country as…
Gender Lens Investing: Diverse Corporate Leadership Outperforms
A widely documented body of research has demonstrated that companies with higher levels of women in leadership (WIL) have superior performance in several areas, including higher returns on capital, better productivity, and higher stock price performance. During the initial years after the financial crisis of 2008-9, financial and economic research established the positive performance impact…
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Q2 2020 Gender Lens Performance: Fixed Income
This table lists public and private gender lens fixed income investment products. These include global, U.S., and emerging market bond funds, global and Asian bond issues, development bank-backed bonds, U.S. notes and certificates, and a lending platform. Some provide several share classes and multiple exchange listings. The investment approach in the gender lens fixed income…
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Marypat Thenell Smucker, CFA
Marypat is a research analyst and writer with a focus on gender equality in the global economy. Learn more