The current bull market is creating a shortage of skilled employees, particularly in some fast-growing and increasingly complex areas of finance.
Industry experts say the recent outreach by financial institutions to women who have taken time off to have babies or simply recharge - but want their career back - makes sense.
"It is newly urgent and firmly on the agenda", said Sylvia Hewlett, founding president of the Centre for Work-Life Policy. "Financial institutions are finding there is an enormous talent pool of women out there and they need to find a way to give them a second shot at ambition".
"It is also extraordinary value for money. Without the recruitment costs, it its a relatively inexpensive way to attract and existing pool of top talent."
There are other commercial reasons driving such initiatives, not least that a growing number of clients in areas such as fund management, are female.
Read full article (Financial Times 19 May)
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