The study looks at firms that raised at least one fund of $100 million over the past five years, with the sample size this year being 284 firms. ThatвЂ™s up from 8.9% in a similar analysis last year, 7% in 2017 and 5.7% in 2016. venture capital firms are women (or 105 out of 1,088 people). BotГnвЂ™s de facto number two,вЂќ the FT reported.Дo better: An Axios study found that 9.7% of decision-makers at U.S. The way that Orcel acted during the dispute over his pay and Davos вЂњfueled concerns that his ambition would make it difficult for him to serve as Ms. Santander had asked Orcel, a regular at the World Economic Forum in Davos, not to attend this year, at least in part because of worries he would upstage Executive Chairman Ana BotГn. But other red flags also popped up related to вЂњthe star bankerвЂ™s public profile,вЂќ according to the Financial Times. The Spanish banking giant has said that it didnвЂ™t want to pay Orcel $50 million in deferred salary he had coming to him from UBS, his former employer. More to the story: Banco SantanderвЂ™s last-minute decision to withdraw its offer to hire Andrea Orcel to be its next chief executive officer was about more than just money. вЂњAnd we want to make sure those outliers are called out.вЂќ Mid Penn Bancorp in Millersburg, Pa., is one of the Russell 3000 companies that will avoid the criticism, having added its first female director in several decades last month. вЂњCompanies that donвЂ™t have women on their boards are outliers,вЂќ said Courteney Keatinge, senior director of environmental, social and governance research at Glass Lewis. There were 509 such companies at the end of the year, down from 708 companies at the end of 2014, Glass Lewis said. plans to urge investors to vote against re-electing directors who chair nominating committees at companies in the Russell 3000 Index with all-male boards. You have been warned: Proxy advisers are pressuring community banks and other small and midsize enterprises to increase gender diversity on their boards. But already three of those companies have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to rule out the proposal. Now it is asking American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and Wells Fargo to do the same, along with Adobe, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Intel. Arjuna succeeded in getting Citigroup to volunteer its median just recently, as we noted here. Lamb cited a study that found that gender pay gaps shrink in countries where companies are required to report them. вЂњWhat gets disclosed, gets managed,вЂќ said Natasha Lamb, a managing partner at Arjuna, who argued her case in more detail in this op-ed. Activists say this figure will help tell the whole story and give companies another way to track their progress toward equity. The median figure - unlike the more widely disclosed adjusted gender pay gap - reveals the degree to which men are concentrated in higher-paying roles. Will other banks follow CitiвЂ™s lead?: Arjuna Capital is filing shareholder proposals with 11 financial services and tech companies seeking their median gender pay gaps. The accusations against Watt first came to light this past summer, as we reported here. Office of Special Counsel received the report in November, no action was taken before Watt's term at the FHFA, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ended last month. The report also said WattвЂ™s explanations for the comments he made to staffer Simone Grimes - some of which were recorded - were вЂњnot credible.вЂќ Watt called the IGвЂ™s conclusion that he had misused his position 'sexist,' because it assumed that a man could not mentor a woman without seeking an inappropriate relationship. вЂњWe find that there are no circumstances under which it would be appropriate for the head of FHFA to induce a subordinate female employee to meet with him alone, in his apartment, for a conversation in which he professes his attraction for that employee and holds out opportunities for the employee to serve in specific executive positions over which he exercises total control,вЂќ said the IGвЂ™s report, which the Washington Post obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Abuse of power: The Federal Housing Finance AgencyвЂ™s inspector general has accused former Director Mel Watt of two counts of misconduct, after concluding that he attempted to вЂњcoerceвЂќ a female employee into having a romantic relationship with him.

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