Daphne Munuera, Client Services Officer, iSAM Securities LR: Can you tell me a little bit about your career? – "For the majority of my career, I've worked in the finance sector. My first job was in one of the largest banks in South America, where I worked for almost 6 years. Before iS Prime I…
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Group Chief Executive Officer Ralph Hamers, commented: I’m also excited to welcome Sarah Youngwood to the UBS team in her role as Group CFO and Group Executive Board member. With her strong track record, in-depth finance expertise, and experience across various banking areas, Sarah is ideally suited to lead our finance function into the future.…
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53% of women who participated in the study believe that their company’s culture changed in this period and focused on “flexibility, individual wellness and team inclusivity”. According to the research report, 76% adopted new activities in order to promote and cultivate wellness. 84% of participants said mentors were essential in developing their resilience and 64%…
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Renowned expert in FinTech, RegTech and regulatory matters in financial services, Remonda Kirketerp-Møller, has over a decade in in senior executive positions at Saxo Bank and CFH (now Finalto), which she co-founded. Remonda founded Danish RegTech company, Muinmos ApS in 2012, filling the market gab to use technology to automate highly complex legal and regulatory…
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Citibank CEO Michael Corbat said: I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished in the past eight years. We completed our transformation from the financial crisis and emerged a simpler, safer and stronger institution. Across our businesses, we made investments in products where we saw opportunities for growth, and Citi has regained its place…
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Women's tendency to avoid risk and willingness to admit when they need more knowledge or information to deal with a situation are the very things that makes them ideal traders. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England said in June last year at the Women in Banking and Finance Annual Awards in London: Finance…
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Savannah Maziya is founder and executive chairperson of Bunengi Holdings Group. The company is one of Africa’s most prominent black female-owned investment groups. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, her company had to let 60,000 people go home. She brought in mental health practitioners because to help with the strain and growing worries of her employees. Maziya…
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Sunday March 8th will mark International Women’s Day — and despite progress, the fields of science and technology still experience gender inequality. Below is a commentary from a selection of female representatives from the technology sector, expressing their views on what can be done to advance their fields. These women play prominent roles in the…
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