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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
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    Owner of teams including Olympique Lyon Féminin wants to bring better resources to the female game

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    The feminisation of wealth management is coming

    A great wealth transfer will put tens of trillions of dollars into the hands of women

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  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
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    New data shows progress on diversifying leadership of US companies is one step forward, two steps back

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    Intrapreneurs: leaders who turn ideas into action

    Their expertise stretches widely — from creating space for innovation to encouraging young lawyers

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  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
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    UK’s gender pay gap will take decades to close at current rate

    Income inequality between women and men has only narrowed marginally since 2017

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  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
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  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Fintechs lead way on smashing the glass ceiling

    Data shows women typically get stuck in middle ranking positions

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  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
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    Two senior women leave BP in first big shake-up since Looney’s exit

    Departures reduce the number of women on leadership team at oil major

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  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
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    Parisian collective aims to put female artists on a firm financial footing

    Le Cercle de l’Art was founded by Margaux Derhy to combat isolation and irregular incomes

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  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
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    Women continue to lead the way in the ETF industry

    Networking group celebrates 10 years of supporting female executives in fund management

  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
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    More employers are offering help but must avoid the risk of ‘meno-washing’

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  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
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    The former consumer and wealth division head is latest high-flying woman to leave the Wall Street bank

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  • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
    On Wall StreetAnna Mutoh
    Lack of female-led ‘unicorns’ shows the need for change in the VC world

    Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms

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  • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
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    What women want their financial future to look like

    The Budget and International Women’s Day remind us that the campaign for equality is still far from won

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