Closing Investment Industry Gender Gap Will Achieve Investors’ Long-Term Goals: State Street

Given the stubborn gender gap well established in the investment industry, bringing more women into the sector will move a long way toward achieving investors’ long-term goals, notes State Street.

State Street published a report titled: “Addressing Gender Folklore” after conducting a survey of 864 investment professionals in 19 different countries.

Gender gap across investment community

The State Street survey highlights a significant gender gap across the professional investment community.  Moreover, the gender divide is even wider if one looks at the most influential people in the investment industry viz.: portfolio managers, analysts, executives and other investment professionals:

The State Street report segmented investors into two main groups of investors: professional and...