Why we need more (good) female traders

Top Women in Banking Toast to Being a Force for Change | American Banker

The 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance - American Banker

Due for release during the 2016 American presidential election campaign, and, prior to that,

due to be screened (hopefully) in January 2016 at the Sundance film festival:

The Film by Two Women�That Has Wall Street Talking - Bloomberg Business

ROCK ON!

The film is based on the Vice-Chairwoman of Barclays’ investment bank, Barbara Byrne:

The 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance - American Banker

The film is the brainchild of Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, and shows great promise to

look at the finance sector from a female perspective.

Germany tries dual approach to get women to the top

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Very good article about women in managing roles at Goldman Sachs:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/boundaries-babies-and-bonuses-how-to-get-ahead-as-a-woman-at-goldman-sachs-a3116251.html&ved=0ahUKEwjO0qjckaLJAhXRhhoKHbqeDn04HhAWCCgwAg&usg=AFQjCNH8zFaXJJ_FoLhB23ji2sVhLWHvQw&sig2=48iEXA-sL6V0fTa4Uaovlw

Hello traders!

In this Marketwatch article published on 28th October 2015, Jennifer Openshaw interviews Eileen Serra, CEO of Chase Card (the credit card division of J.P.Morgan Chase) about her career, her role, and her advice for women in finance:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-one-of-the-most-powerful-women-in-finance-runs-her-life-2015-10-28&ved=0ahUKEwi1hoCv7q3JAhXBtRQKHdcwB24QFghNMAY&usg=AFQjCNHMXNW8d8dExvFUjtX4aMasjm50Hw&sig2=qCW_yogUxNDZxg4pY-EZ3g

Maribeth Willoughby, day-trader and member of BullsonWallStreet,

interviewed here:

Maribeth Willoughby, day-trader and member of BullsonWallStreet,

interviewed here:

[B]Cheryl Cargie, head trader at Ariel Investments, with thirty years of trading experience in Wall Street,

awarded the Lifetime Achievement category by Wall Street Women:[/B]

Wall Street Women Lifetime Achievement Award: Cheryl Cargie | Traders News

Hello traders!

The Financial Times published this today in the People section:

36% better return on equity for boards with more women - FT.com

Sadly, you need to be subscribed to the FT (that is, pay money), so you will be unable to read it if your are not.

The article is by Sophia Grene (FT fund management reporter) and Chris Newlands (FT Asset Management editor)…

I agree that women are more cautious about risk but doing more homework is not necessarily true…it depends on personality

Listen to 2Traders, Episode 18:

2TradersPodcast - EP18: Are Women Traders Superior To Men? | Listen via Stitcher Radio On Demand

Hello traders!

Slightly off-topic: I discovered this today…

https://www.dailyworth.com/

Here is their mission statement:

“DailyWorth Connect is a comprehensive marketing service for financial and career professionals.
We carefully screen and select professionals who embody DailyWorth’s mission to strengthen women’s relationship with money.”

While not a trading service for women (like some of the others mentioned on this thread), it is nonetheless a service for
wealth creation/administration particularly targeted at women; here is Marie Forleo, former NYSE floor trader turned life coach and founder of business coaching practice Marie Forleo International, interviewing Dailyworth’s CEO, Amanda Steinberg, in 2012:

Ladies and gentlemen…
Welcome to the oh-so-equal 21st century…

Enough to make your blood boil:

A Lawsuit Peeks Inside the Goldman Sachs ‘Boys’ Club’ A Lawsuit Peeks Inside the Goldman Sachs ‘Boys’ Club’ - Businessweek via @BW

Women Claim Goldman Sachs Was “Boys’ Club” In Pay Discrimination Suit | Grupoorientinternacional.com

By Sophie Andersen:

Trading: Is it a Woman’s World too? | Working Mother

Men dominate trading but some women relish the challenge | afr.com

City trader faces six s e x u a l assault charges:

City trader shoved wasabi in female colleague s mouth and stuck tongue down her throat

How 2016 will change board diversity in financial industry

This time it is the turn of Australia:

Why the women at ANZ Bank felt they had to shut up and play along | smh.com.au

A Colleague Drank My Breast Milk and Other Wall Street Tales - NYTimes.com