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Will the anti-diversity movement derail women in the City?

Take Financial News’s Women in the City survey and have your say

Will the anti-diversity movement derail women in the City?
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In the Square Mile, it’s still a man’s world. Women make up only a sliver of executive teams at banks, asset managers and professional services firms, despite pledges to diversify the ranks.

The average gender pay gap in UK financial services was 23% in 2023/24 — 10 percentage points higher than the national average.

The growing corporate backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion measures threatens to make matters worse.

Financial News wants to hear from you, our readers, about the state of women in finance.

Take FN’s confidential Women in the City 2025 survey now.

Write to Kristen McGachey at kristen.mcgachey@dowjones.com

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