Aviva backs CFA Institute females in finance intern programme

'Eliminating gender equality'

Laura Dew
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The CFA Institute has been selected to run female-focused internships aimed at creating more opportunities in finance and investment management, in partnership with Aviva.

In association with the Canadian government, which holds this year's G7 presidency, the organisation and its global networks will establish a global internship programme focused on university women studying in select developing markets.  It has been modelled on a similar program in India, called Young Women in Investment, which encourages women to consider careers in finance via a four week boot camp and three to six months of paid internships. The scheme will initially run for three years and be funded by Aviva in the UK, as well as other institutional investors globally including Al...

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