IMPACT & Events. Our way of giving back within the Investment Management community.
What is IMPACT?
IMPACT is a network created for high potential and high achieving females, within Investment Management.
Members all have a common thread; they are smart, ambitious and good company! We aim to help our members achieve career goals through training, workshops and creating supportive relationships. They leave each session feeling motivated and engaged with their peers, across different companies.
News and latest events
IMPACT Newsletter: January 2023
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming event; Managing Difficult Conversations. When: Tuesday 21st February 15:30 – 17:30 Where: Ninety One, 55 Gresham St, London EC2V 7EL What: In collaboration with Ninety One Inspire, join us for a workshop designed to help you to get better at having difficult conversations. Whether you are…
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Growing Up in Asset Management: Making a great impression in your early career
Your early career is full of choices, questions, building reputations and deciding on the direction you ultimately want to take your life in. This event was for those who wanted to ensure they get the most out of the first few years in asset management. We covered how to build a mentor/mentee relationship, how to…
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Growing up in Asset Management; Managing your Career in your 40s, 50s, 60s and Beyond
In partnership with Ninety One and the Return Hub, we invited our networks to connect and listen to stories about regaining confidence, coping with menopause, ageism and staying relevant. It was an opportunity to learn from women across the industry and to share our own experiences. The aim was to leave guests feeling inspired and…
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Industry Leaders Round Table
We recently had the pleasure of hosting industry leaders from Ninety One, Legal and General, Vanguard, Generation, Wellington, Barings and Schroders and observing the Chatham House Rules had a great discussion surrounding: The future of the City Clients wanting more ESG Product Development Transformation Is D&I stalling? It was a brilliant and engaging evening with lots…
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Women in Finance Charter
At Leverton we believe that diversity is the key to any successful business. In March 2021 we signed the Women in Finance Charter, this is sponsored by HM Treasury and is a pledge for gender balance across financial services. When we signed the charter we had 100% females in senior management roles and our aim…
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FT Article: Sustainable investing boom prompts fierce fight for talent
Managing Director Rachael Ferguson shares her insights into the ESG job market with the FT: “I’ve never seen it so intense, and it has been like this for the past 18 months. ESG used to be a small part of what we do; since September, it’s taken up a huge amount of our time,” Read…
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International Women’s Day 2022
This International Women’s Day the Leverton Team spent the day at Ninety One to focus on social diversity and introduce Investment Management as a career path to female 6th form students. We gave them interview advice and ran a CV Writing workshop. It was brilliant to work with such enthusiastic young women and it is…
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IMPACT Newsletter – February 2022
February always seems to pass by so quickly; I feel like I’ve blinked and suddenly it’s March! March is a significant month in the IMPACT calendar as it marks International Women’s Day – we would love to hear what your firms are doing in order to celebrate. This year the Leverton Team will be spending…
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IMPACT Newsletter – January 2022
Happy New Year! I hope you’re well and have managed to have a Covid free Christmas, though speaking to clients and candidates it seems to be 50/50. Over the final months of 2021 we polled over 1000 people (1,217 in total) in the industry. We wanted to take the temperature of how priorities had changed…
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IMPACT Newsletter – November 2021
It has been another busy month for Leverton and IMPACT and I can’t quite believe the Christmas period is very nearly upon us! I hope you enjoy reading my pick of articles from the month below! Working from home; worry about it damaging your career and how to negate? This is a huge topic and…
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