Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Disclaimer v
3. Contents vii
4. Prologue ix
5. Part One. The Industry, the Jobs, and the Gender Imbalance. A Reading Roadmap Based On Your Background
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. An Overview of the Active Investment Management Industry 3
8. 2. What Is a Portfolio Manager, and Why Would Anyone Want to Become One? 17
9. 3. Representation of Women in Investment Management 35
10. Part Two. Diagnosis of IM’s Gender Imbalance
11. Introduction 51
12. Debunking the Myths 52
13. A Note About Our Primary Research 56
14. 4. Why Don’t Women Choose Investing Careers? The Undergraduate Pipeline 59
15. 5. Why Don’t Women Choose Investing Careers? The MBA Pipeline: Columbia Business School as a Case Study 70
16. 6. Looking Inside Investment Management: Identifying Barriers to Women’s Advancement 87
17. 7. Your Portfolio Is Balanced—Your Life Can Be, Too! Debunking the Work–Life Balance Myth in IM 106
18. 8. The Constellation: Discussions with Successful Women in Investment Management 117
19. 9. How Did We Succeed in Investment Management? Our Different Paths to Successful IM Careers 133
20. Part Three. Solutions to Investment Management’s Gender Imbalance
21. Introduction 153
22. 10. Solutions: Widening the IM On-Ramp 157
23. 11. Solutions: Retaining and Promoting Women in IM 170
24. 12. Solutions: The Role of Allocators 193
25. Conclusion: Our Money Management Manifesto 210
26. Acknowledgments 219
27. Appendix: Organizations Mentioned in This Book 223
28. Notes 227
29. Glossary 243
30. Index 247