Women faring well in alternative investments
When it comes to the traditional bulge-bracket broker dealers, the struggles of women in the workplace--and more specifically in the executive suites--has been a big issue for years. While there are
Banks court women with family friendly policies
Finally, some good news about the financial sector. Working Woman magazine has come out with a list of the top 100 companies for working mothers and the list is chock full of financial companies.
Krawcheck firing shows women executives still rare on Wall Street
If you are a woman in a high-ranking executive position at a top financial services firm, you are in rare air. Thus, when the numbers of these select few women decline, for whatever reason, it is
Anita Hill Joins Cohen Milstein "Of Counsel"
Invaluable Expertise Brought to Firm's Civil Rights & Employment Practice Group WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC announced today that
Too hot for banking?
A female banker, 27, has written this to a Financial Times columnist: "I know that you will think this problem is mad, but I fear I'm too good looking for corporate life. As a student I used my looks
New book describes women on Wall Street
Nina Godiwalla speaks from experience. It's not necessarily experience gained over a lifetime. She worked at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 1999 in the rough-and-tumble corporate finance arena. And that
Goldman Sachs mommy track suit ends
The "mommy track" gender bias suit at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) raised a lot of eyebrows, and was one of several that suggested the changing face of discrimination on Wall Street. The mommy track suit
Former partner defends Goldman Sachs against gender discrimination charges
Jacki Zehner proudly notes that she joined Goldman Sachs in 1988 "as an analyst in the mortgage securities department and two years later became a trader on the mortgage desk. By 1996 I was managing
Goldman Sachs sued for gender discrimination, harassment
As if it needed another PR hit, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has been sued by three former employees--two executives and one associate--for gender discrimination that denied women pay and career
Plaintiffs' Counsel Announce Female Employees Sue Goldman Sachs for Sex Discrimination
National Class Action Lawsuit in Federal Court Charges Violations of Federal and Local Civil Rights Laws NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Goldman Sachs has engaged in systemic and pervasive discrimination
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