Dialogue over inclusion needs to go beyond 4 October

Momentum to continue beyond National Inclusion Week

Lauren Mason
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Having just celebrated National Inclusion Week, Investment Week believes now to be a poignant time to ask BAME and LGBTQ+ members of the asset management community what the industry can do next to help.

Not just over the course of a week, but over the long term. How can members of the industry serve as better allies? The answers we received for this week's front page feature - to be published on Monday - were insightful examples of the fact the dialogue is open, but nonetheless reminders that we need to do more to allow people to bring their ‘whole selves' to work. This year has seen some spectacular highs and devastating lows. The murder of George Floyd shocked the world. The racist display from former Franklin Templeton executive Amy Cooper just three days later was a reminder the fig...

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