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Corporate Diversity Pledges: U.S. Activists Seek Proof of Action

More data disclosure will help investors, employees and customers judge the pledges many American companies have made to diversify their workforces and boardrooms, activists and analysts said on ...

AXA Fund Unit Sets 33 Percent Target for Gender Diversity on Company Boards

AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may vote against companies which fail to meet this mark. The asset management unit ...

Firms With Diverse Boards Pay More Dividends But Take Less Risks: University Research

Corporations with more diverse boards of directors are more likely to pay dividends to stockholders and are less prone to take risks than firms whose boards are more homogenous, according to a study ...

German Companies Told No Exceptions to Board Gender Quotas

German listed companies will be granted no exceptions to a 30 percent women's quota for supervisory boards by 2016, said Manuela Schwesig, the minister responsible for drafting the legislation. ...

Tech Start-Ups Show Little Imagination On Board Gender Diversity

At Pinterest, the online bulletin board service that is valued near $3.8 billion, some 70 percent of the users are female. But the company's board of directors is 100 percent male. Male-heavy boards ...