BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T065133Z - 69481@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20191018T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20191018T140000 CREATED:20261012T065133Z DESCRIPTION:Views from the Top: Creating a Sustainable Talent Pool in PE & \; VC | 18 October 2019\, 12-2 pm @ Capital Tower\nFWA would like to t hank KKR for the sponsorship of the venue and buffet According to a survey by INSEAD\, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) together have an increasingly important role in the economic development of emerging marke ts providing alternative funding opportunities for entrepreneurship develo pment\, start-ups and private sector growth. While the asset class is expa nding\, women remain significantly under-represented on senior investment and management teams and the untapped potential of female-owned businesses is largely ignored. Firms that actively reach out to women can double the ir talent pool and diversify their skill sets. A new study into the extent and impact of gender disparity in the PE/VC industry across emerging mark ets has found that: 7 percent of PE/VC capital is invested in female-led b usinesses 11 percent of senior investment professionals are women 15 perce nt of firms’ senior investment teams are gender-balanced – with betwee n 30 percent to 70 percent female in leadership roles 20 percent of portfo lio companies’ senior leadership teams There is a strong business case f or addressing this gender disparity - the study indicated that funds manag ed by gender-balanced investment teams report significantly higher returns – 10 percent to 20 percent – than male-dominated funds. This disparit y has more than an impact on the future of these industries than is acknow ledged. Without women at the table\, female founders struggle to access ca pital and funds and miss out on deal flows and expertise. Another study by Oliver Wyman says that women hold only 10 percent of all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally\, and women-led ente rprises collected less than 3 percent of global venture capital in 2017. A ccording to this study\, only 15 percent of senior investment teams are ge nder-balanced and nearly 70 percent are [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T065133Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:Views from the Top: Creating a Sustainable Talent Pool in PE & VC | 18 October 2019\, 12-2 pm @ Capital Tower END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR