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#MeToo has changed finance — but has the industry done enough?

The raging debate unleashed online was met at first with silence from the City. Then cases started to pile up

#MeToo has changed finance — but has the industry done enough?
Photo: Peter Grundy / FN staff

The allegations of sexual harassment and rape against film producer Harvey Weinstein were made public one year ago. In the months after, as #MeToo allegations reached a fever pitch, companies and organisations scrambled to distance themselves from those being named and shamed from Hollywood to Westminster.

Yet while powerful men across a range of industries were losing their power and prestige, senior financial figures were notably not among the accused.

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