Diversity
LATEST ARTICLES
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Asiamoney’s Leaders for Women survey recognises the banks that have done the most to encourage women in the workplace across Asia’s financial markets
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Men are increasingly championing the issue of diversity in banking and helping more women get a seat at the table. But their work is only just beginning.
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For proof of the power of female role models, look at Indonesia: the country is confounding stereotypes and narrowing the gender gap.
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Lesbian and bisexual women in banking in Asia struggle to win equal opportunities and defy society’s stereotypes.
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How are women in the banking industry paving the way for the next crop of female leaders? Asiamoney speaks to a handful of C-suite executives about their career paths and the advice they have for the younger generation.
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Women make up the majority of the workforce at banks in Thailand, but they still have a way to go before they are equally represented at the top of the banking ladder.
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Taiwan is a relatively bright spot for women in banking, largely thanks to the efforts, and sacrifices, made by bankers to break the glass ceiling.
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For all the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 crisis, it could bring some unexpected benefits for women in the banking industry, encouraging a better work-life balance.
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Lisa Robins is one of the most senior women in banking in Asia, a rare example of a global business head for a multinational bank being based in the region.
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South Asia is in some ways a better place for women bankers than almost anywhere else in the region. But there are still serious problems.
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From Malaysia’s central bank to its largest commercial bank, women are at the helm — and they are actively working to promote the next crop of female leaders.
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Transaction banking has long appeared a male-dominated industry. But things have started to change.
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Private banking and wealth management, where it is common for the majority of the workforce to be women, is the only area of banking with anything like equality of representation. But women are often in junior relationship manager positions and thin out at the higher levels of management. Those women who have reached the top explain why their corner of the industry looks different to the rest and what can be done to make it better.
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The results are in and the signs are good. Asia’s banking industry appears to be making some progress on gender balance in the workforce.
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It was Chairman Mao who said Chinese women should play an equal role, working in the fields and factories: decades later, women are evident in the upper ranks of the financial sector, but seldom make it to the very top.
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Sexism, gruelling hours and a drinking culture are among the hurdles that senior female investment bankers in Asia have had to clear. The barriers are starting to come down – but not fast enough.
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Japan’s banking system is a tough place to work for ambitious women. But Kathy Matsui shows it is possible to rise to the top.
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Angel Ng has spent more than two decades working at Citi. She has now become a key role model for women in Hong Kong.
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Tan Su Shan has worked in some of the biggest banks in the world’s busiest financial centres. Her varied experience has proved crucial in making her voice heard in a male-dominated industry.
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Carrie Chen learned long ago that she could prosper in her career without trying to beat male bankers at their own game.
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Asiamoney’s Leaders for Women survey recognises the banks that have done the most to encourage women in the workplace across Asia’s financial markets
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What do women need to do to reach the top of the banking ladder in Asia, where they hold just 24% of senior jobs? Executives tell Asiamoney how they have risen up the ranks – and why they think dramatic changes are needed to move the needle on diversity .
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Hong Kong’s belated embrace of diversity has meant a dozen of its banks are now run by women, but there’s clearly more work to be done.
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As a woman running one of Pakistan’s leading banks, Sima Kamil has already made her mark. But her goal is for UBL to snatch top place, elbowing aside HBL, her former employer.