Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to finance and investing.
An exciting report on how gender-based analysis can lead to transformational innovations. It highlights lessons learned from the menstrual hygiene industry (Knix), real estate (the Reina project), international economic development (MEDA), and a tech startup (Equilo).
Using stories behind some of the most remarkable companies ever launched, investors Kapor Klein & Mitch Kapor share how the standard investment model doesn’t work and offer solutions on how it can be fixed. | Nov 9, 2023
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan is quoted in an article about gender lens investing from Quatre95. Photo credits: Urbania's design team
GATE Director Sarah Kaplan speaks to Canadian Business about unconscious bias in the field of investing, and how redesigning the system is a better way to incorporate women.
GATE Faculty Research Fellow Sonia Kang speaks to MoneyWise about the male dominated fields of investment opportunities and how young women are now trying to change the narrative.
Sarah Kaplan comments in Bloomberg on the impacts of dwindling teller jobs on women in banking.
This case study examines how Portfolia, a financial tech firm, has unlocked women as investors while backing innovative companies with diverse leadership that are contributing to solving social problems.
This case study shows how Ellevest, a “gender-aware” financial robo-advisor, addressed the challenges that women face when saving and investing, and continuously evolved its services to emerge as an industry leader.
Women are less likely to save and invest than men are, creating disadvantages across the course of their lives. Here are some potential solutions to reduce the investing gap.
This session featured three presentations about women and finance from professors Claire Célérier, Laura Doering, and Avni Shah, with a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Thorpe. | October 07, 2019
