Women In Banking Sector
5 Indian-origin women executives on Barron's 100 Most Influential Women
Five Indian-origin women executives have made it to Barron's prestigious annual '100 Most Influential Women in US Finance' list for achieving positions of prominence in the financial services industry and helping shape its future. Barron's is a sister publication of the Wall Street Journal, published by Dow Jones and Company. "The list honours established and emerging leaders in financial services, the corporate world, nonprofit organisations, and government," the magazine said in a press release. Indian-origin Anu Aiyengar from J.P. Morgan, Ariel Investment's Rupal J. Bhansali, Sonal Desai of Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sach's Meena Flynn and Savita Subramanian from Bank of America are among the 100 women who were named in the fourth annual version of the prestigious list, released last month. Aiyengar, in her 50s, assumed the role of global head of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) at J.P. Morgan in January after serving as a co-head of the division since 2020. According to the ...
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Why so few women at senior levels in banks?
Lack of sponsorship has been cited as the biggest reason for women not reaching the corner office
The better debtor? Decline in default on credit given to women-led groups
NPAs as a percentage of total loans given to women-led SHGs in January 2018 dropped to 2.55% from a high of almost 26% before bank linkages were introduced under NRLM around 2013
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Women ruling the central banks
Women have become uniquely well represented throughout Southeast Asia's central banks
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