Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to finance and investing.
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan is quoted in an article about gender lens investing from Quatre95. Photo credits: Urbania's design team
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to Canadian Business about unconscious bias in the field of investing, and how redesigning the system is a better way to incorporate women.
GATE Faculty Research Fellow Sonia Kang speaks to MoneyWise about the male dominated fields of investment opportunities and how young women are now trying to change the narrative.
Sarah Kaplan comments in Bloomberg on the impacts of dwindling teller jobs on women in banking.
This case study examines how Portfolia, a financial tech firm, has unlocked women as investors while backing innovative companies with diverse leadership that are contributing to solving social problems.
This case study shows how Ellevest, a “gender-aware” financial robo-advisor, addressed the challenges that women face when saving and investing, and continuously evolved its services to emerge as an industry leader.
Women are less likely to save and invest than men are, creating disadvantages across the course of their lives. Here are some potential solutions to reduce the investing gap.
This session featured three presentations about women and finance from professors Claire Célérier, Laura Doering, and Avni Shah, with a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Thorpe. | October 07, 2019
Sarah Kaplan comments on women-oriented financial products, and why financial services markets need to acknowledge women's experiences, on GreedyRates.
In our fourth Industry Partner Workshop on September 23, 2019, our researchers and partners engaged with topics such as race and gender in digital journalism, gender stereotypes and entrepreneurial financing, and de-biasing job postings.
