Investment firms record highest gender pay gap again

Despite continuous improvement, PP analysis finds asset managers have most work to do

James Phillips
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Investment firms record highest gender pay gap again

Investment firms working in the institutional pensions space cut their aggregate gender pay gap by an average of one percentage point over the course of 2019/20, Professional Pensions analysis finds.

The 49 firms included in the analysis saw the mean gender pay gap recorded at 28.8%, while on a median basis the figure came in at 27.5%. Of these firms, 34 saw an improvement on a mean hourly p...

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