Future Asset was set up specifically to help girls in high schools in Scotland find out more about the world of investment. We’re here to help you find out more information, encourage you to aim high, seek out new opportunities and also think about some exciting career paths you may never have known about.
We’re focusing on girls because, quite simply, there are fewer women than men in investment roles. Women make up about 15% of Portfolio Managers and a similar percentage of Investment Analysts. There are more women in roles such as compliance, risk client relationships but they still hold less than 1 in 3 of these jobs.*
Asset management firms would like to encourage more women to apply for these roles because diversity, in all its forms, is a good thing! Research shows diverse teams generate different ideas, make better decisions and don’t suffer from “group-think”.
*CFA Institute’s Gender Diversity in Investment Management 2016survey of members