Posts Tagged ‘invest in women’
Q1 2020 Overview – Gender Lens Equity Funds: The First Major Test
Amid the unfolding global pandemic and economic downturn, equities plunged during the first quarter. The S&P 500 Index returned -19.6% and the MSCI World Index posted three-month returns of -21.05%, as developed and emerging markets indexes were all down steeply. Among gender lens indexes, the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index declined 25.63%, and the MSCI…
Read MoreGender Lens Investing: Where to from Here?
Stronger women-in-leadership (WIL) metrics have well-documented benefits, yet companies have failed to truly accelerate their gender diversity efforts. Women make up 44.7% of S&P 500 employees and 36.9% of first- and mid-level managers, but as 2019 came to a close, they accounted for only 5.8% of S&P CEOs and only 21.2% of board seats, less…
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