BlackRock, JPMAM and Standard Life sign up for new 30% Club diversity push

Natalie Kenway
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Asset managers including JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM), BlackRock and Standard Life have backed an initiative set up by the 30% Club to push for a third of FTSE companies to have women on their boards.

As a McKinsey & Co report revealed financial services were in the "top quartile" for improvements in gender diversity (see below) 27 groups with £10.5trn in AUM have committed to pushing for 30% of...

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