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Black bankers in senior ranks at Goldman, JPMorgan show ‘snail’s pace’ of diversity drives

'I would have hoped that in 2022 the industry didn’t look like 1992'

Many banks have only started disclosing this data for their Wall Street employees in the wake of the revival of the BLM movement two years ago
Many banks have only started disclosing this data for their Wall Street employees in the wake of the revival of the BLM movement two years ago Photo: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Wall Street banks are making slow and patchy progress on improving diversity, latest figures show.

Banks are providing new clarity on their workforces as they set out ambitious new diversity targets. But in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and pressure to address the lack of senior women in their ranks, they still have a steep hill to climb, according to the latest data supplied to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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