MeToo
Here’s a top question for boardroom execs: ‘What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?’
Senior executives should be asked about ethics in their private lives, and not just about their financial acumen
Robo-auditor calls out strip club spending
Welcome to your weekly roundup of the latest developments in financial tech and innovation
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City Hive founder Bev Shah: ‘Neurodiversity is my superpower’
The founder and CEO of campaigner City Hive on diversity and her gender-neutral geiger counter
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Review: Bitter Wheat is a pile of chaff
John Malkovich’s disgraced Hollywood mogul is a thinly drawn source of anti-PC rants
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Sir Martin Sorrell: ‘I don’t like coming second’
The advertising veteran on his acrimonious split from WPP, and the company's 'terrible mistakes' since his departure
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City diversity programmes met by backlash from both sexes
Financial services has been trying to improve diversity for years, but frustration is growing
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City PRs boycott billionaire Sir Philip Green
The embattled billionaire is struggling to appoint a new press relations firm
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BlackRock narrows UK gender pay and bonus gaps
Progress puts BlackRock ahead of some of the City’s largest firms, which have failed to improve disparity in the past year
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Banks struggle to break up trading floor boys’ club
An image problem, the difficulty of making work flexible and the rise of quant trading are making the gender diversity quest an uphill battle
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Coutts banker accused of harassment claims unfair dismissal
Harry Keogh left the private bank in March amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues
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Coutts banker who faced harassment allegations resigns
Harry Keogh was subject of investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour at the private bank
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An audience with Megan Butler: the City’s female enforcer
The senior regulator on #MeToo and the FCA's drive to improve the diversity of finance
HSBC trading chief departed after allegations by female colleague
HSBC has reported the matter to the Financial Conduct Authority, according to a person familiar with the situation
Ted Baker CEO takes leave as second executive accused of unwelcome hugging
New allegation against long-serving senior executive adds to storm cloud around founder Ray Kelvin
Hedge funds’ missed opportunity: closing the gender gap
There is no silver bullet for increasing the number of women in hedge funds, but meaningful and substantive steps can make a difference
Dating at work gets trickier as City firms tighten policies
In the wake of #MeToo, companies want employees to declare relationships to prevent messy situations
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Barclays tells employees to disclose office romances
The move to openly communicate its policy comes as big companies struggle with how to respond to the global #MeToo movement
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Former UBS graduate trainee reports rape claim to police
Swiss bank did not contact the UK financial regulator at any time during its six-month probe into the woman’s allegations
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UK regulator begins probe into UBS rape claim
Financial watchdog makes contact with alleged victim as saga continues for banking institution
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UBS drafts in Freshfields to investigate handling of rape claim
Former female graduate trainee has already reported her claims of sexual assault to the Metropolitan Police
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