News & press Article: Women in Finance – with the potential to make a real impact How can we level the playing field for men and women interested in a career in finance? And what does the situation look like in the finance industry in the Nordics right now? Read more Equality in Finance: An Outlook From Two of Our Female Jobmarket Candidates International Women’s Day, on March 8, is a global celebration of women’s achievements. The theme for this year’s campaign is each for equal. Read more Female executives in finance more likely to leave employer than in any other industry Sweden and Norway have the highest representation of women on Executive Committees globally according to the Oliver Wyman report Women in Financial Services 2016. However, global data shows that women face a mid-career conflict and are 20 to 30 percent more likely to leave their employer than their peers in other industries. Read more Much interest for Women’s Finance Day On 15 September 2016, the event Women’s Finance Day brought together female students at the Stockholm School of Economics with some of the most prestigious workplaces in finance, in Sweden and abroad. Read more Women in P/E meet at the Swedish House of Finance Recruiting and retaining women has been an issue for the Private Equity-industry for a long time. On 8 June the network Women in P/E met at a breakfast meeting at the Swedish House of Finance to share experiences and discuss how to attract more women to Private Equity. Read more Do daughters make family firms more sustainable? In his doctoral dissertation, Kristoffer Milonas finds that family firms, where the controlling family has more daughters, perform better on an environmental dimension. Read more
