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Senior female bankers don't conform to stereotypes and are just as ready to take risks

  • Written by Elizabeth Sheedy, Associate Professor - Financial Risk Management, Macquarie University
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There’s a popular theory called the “Lehman Sisters Hypothesis” that says well known bank failures (like the Lehman Brothers collapse) wouldn’t have happened if there were more female staff in management. Our...

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