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Nearly a third of minorities in finance mulled quitting: ‘We keep hearing of the same obstacles’

A survey by Reboot suggests financial services professionals from ethnically diverse backgrounds are still not offered as many career opportunities as their white colleagues

Finance firms need to tackle transparency around pay and salary increases, as well as the lack of ethnically diverse role models across senior and middle management positions
Finance firms need to tackle transparency around pay and salary increases, as well as the lack of ethnically diverse role models across senior and middle management positions Photo: Leonard Beard for FN

More than two years on from widespread efforts by financial services firms to bolster racial diversity, almost a third of professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds in the sector say they have considered quitting due to a lack of career progression.

A survey of more than 1,000 UK financial services professionals by Reboot — a non-profit focused on ethnic diversity in the sector — shows that City employers still have a lot of work to do on tackling workplace inequality.

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