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City improves its gender balance – but investment banks lag behind

Treasury-commissioned report finds 78% of firms on track, but a fifth trail their self-imposed diversity trargets

State Street unveiled a replica of its famous Fearless Girl statue in London earlier this month
State Street unveiled a replica of its famous Fearless Girl statue in London earlier this month Photo: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Financial companies are making progress in hitting targets to promote women into senior management, but more needs to be done in investment banking, according to a new report on the Women in Finance Charter.

More than 330 companies, including big banks and asset managers, have signed up to the UK Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter since it was launched in 2016. Participating companies commit to voluntary targets to promote women into senior ranks and to publishing an annual update on their progress.

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