How does the fund management industry improve workplace diversity? On July 3, 2019, Refinitiv hosted the fifth Annual Lipper Fund Selector Forum at Canary Wharf. The second final panel of the morning was “The Diversity Dividend.” The funds management industry has often been indicted as suffering from a lack of diversity in its workforce. This panel looked at the issues behind this charge and what is being done to address this issue. The panel discussed the various initiatives that the asset management industry is undertaking to improve diversity and outlined how improved levels of workplace diversity benefit shareholders and result

At the recent Lipper Fund Selector Forum 2019 held in London, Bev Shah, founder and CEO of City Hive sat on the “Diversity Dividend” panel. We caught up with Bev after the event in this short “vox pop” video where she outlined her motivation in forming City Hive, how her network is increasing awareness about diversity in the asset management industry and the opportunities she sees in creating more diversity in the industry. About Bev Shah Bhavini ‘Bev’ Shah is Founder and CEO of City Hive. Prior to founding her network in 2016, Bev gained more than 15 years’ investment

Bev Shah is the founder and managing director of City Hive – a networking group for women in the investment and funds management industry. In this podcast, Bev discusses some of the challenges she has faced as a mother of two children and a former high-profile fund selector in the U.K. She outlines the importance and benefits of companies pursuing work-place diversity and reveals her motivation in addressing the gender imbalance in financial services. Bev is talking with Jake Moeller, Head of Lipper UK & Ireland Research for Thomson Reuters in London on January 27, 2017 About Bev Shah Bhavini