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Asset managers score worst in annual diversity index

The Race to Equality Index shows asset managers were the only financial services sub sector to score worse than last year

Asset managers and investment banks were among the firms that pledged to improve ethnic diversity in the wake of a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020
Asset managers and investment banks were among the firms that pledged to improve ethnic diversity in the wake of a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 Photo: Getty Images

Asset managers have gone to great lengths in to bolster levels of ethnic diversity across their organisations in the wake of George Floyd's murder in the US more than two years ago.

However, new research covering the UK financial services sector shows asset managers have got worse over the past year when it comes to improving ethnic minorities’ experiences in the workplace.

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