Author: Marypat Smucker, CFA

[ad_1] Gender lens investing in both fixed income and equities developed in response to evidence that companies with higher women-in-leadership (WIL) metrics outperformed on a range of financial and share…

[ad_1] How did the primary publicly traded gender lens equity funds perform last year? The recent track records of the funds accessible to individual investors are now available. These portfolios…

[ad_1] Stronger women-in-leadership (WIL) metrics have well-documented benefits, yet companies have failed to truly accelerate their gender diversity efforts. Women make up 44.7% of S&P 500 employees and 36.9% of…

[ad_1] Amid the unfolding global pandemic and economic downturn, equities plunged during the first quarter. The S&P 500 Index returned -19.6% and the MSCI World Index posted three-month returns of…

[ad_1] The third quarter was an eventful one for gender lens investing as well as women in leadership (WIL) in the financial sector and elsewhere. Gender lens equity funds turned…

[ad_1] Gender lens investing (GLI) is a thematic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy that is inspired by women in leadership (WIL) and related gender equality criteria. The primary publicly…

[ad_1] Ample research demonstrates that companies with higher levels of women in leadership (WIL) report superior performance on a range of metrics. Founded on WIL and other gender equity criteria,…

[ad_1] Gender lens equity investing developed from a substantive body of research demonstrating the financial, risk management, decision-making, and other corporate benefits of higher levels of women in leadership (WIL).…

[ad_1] Climate crises disproportionately affect women and girls across all demographics, but especially in developing economies. Subject to persistently higher poverty (and extreme poverty) than men, women and girls are…