Helena Morrissey

Helena Morrissey: DEI schemes helped fuel backlash

The Diversity Project chair says some initiatives were exclusionary and prioritised identity over merit

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FCA harassment rules due ‘very shortly’ as City women demand tough action

The regulator’s bullying and abuse crackdown must not get drowned out by the backlash against diversity, top women in finance say

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FN100 Women: Why female leaders still matter

This year’s pick of the women at the top of finance will be unveiled on 14 October

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City firms keep quiet about DE&I spend and staffing

A&O Shearman and Santander were the only firms to disclose headcount in their dedicated DE&I teams when asked by FN

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'There are big pockets of no progress whatsoever', Dame Helena Morrissey says

City faces ‘fear factor’ over reporting sexual harassment

MPs on the Treasury Committee are told women often fear speaking out about workplace sexual harassment

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Questions remain over whether firms are doing enough to support women to move up the ladder

Au pairs, housekeepers and house husbands — how senior women ‘made it work’

The City's top women face pressure at work and at home. Here's how they've found a balance

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Baroness Helena Morrissey

Baroness Helena Morrissey confirmed as guest speaker at FN100 Most Influential Women dinner

The asset management veteran will address the City's very best female talent at an exclusive Financial News event

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'Sexism in the City is a problem that persists, even after countless initiatives, reports, discussion papers and charters,' Baroness Helena Morrissey says

Helena Morrissey: FCA must tackle ‘bad apples’ to stamp out sexism in the City

The Diversity Project's Safe Space initiative records abuse of power by senior executives and sexual harassment at social events

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Helena Morrissey to step down as AJ Bell chair over CEO succession

The City veteran will continue with her board position until AJ Bell has found a replacement

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Morrissey warns investors that the case for propping up China is looking shaky

Helena Morrissey redoubles China warnings over Russia links: Investors risk ‘being on the wrong side of history’

The City grandee said the City must pull back from its investments in China as the nation continues to stay silent on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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'A lot of regulation has crept' into the City over the years, says Helena Morrissey

An audience with Helena Morrissey: ‘100-hour weeks are more like slave labour’

The chair-designate of AJ Bell talks about burnout in financial services, why Brexit still holds promise and how the City’s future is bright

City Hive boss Shah urges the City not to get too fixated on the data

City must ‘own the bad numbers’ on ethnic diversity and start talking about action

Diversity Project event calls on financial services not just to collect the numbers, but to discuss what might affect change

The Baroness wants more people to get engaged with their finances, but is wary of speculative investing

Helena Morrissey: Why crypto is ‘like a casino’

Morrissey says she hopes the UK doesn’t go too far down America's road to risky investing

Dame Helena Morrissey was head of personal investing at Legal & General Investment Management before joining SJP

Helena Morrissey quits St James’s Place board for AJ Bell

The prominent City figure will step down from the SJP board after a 14-month stint

Helena Morrissey

‘I am disappointed’: Helena Morrissey pulls money from ‘Girl Fund’ she helped launch due to lack of investor interest

Morrissey's decision to pull her investment comes as LGIM plans to merge away the gender diversity fund due to lack of investor interest

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City grandee predicts shift to corporate apps as Credit Suisse launches WhatsApp rival

Morrissey's tweet linked to a Financial News report that Credit Suisse had launched a recorded WhatsApp-style texting service for its employees

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Helena Morrissey’s lobby group pushes for 30% female fund managers by 2030

Asset managers have been making 'painfully slow progress' in their efforts to entice more women into the industry – a sense of fatigue now surrounds the topic of gender diversity

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