Fund management is a compounding career

The latest Citywire Alpha Female Report makes for sobering reading: for the first time in eight years, the proportion of women in fund management has fallen.

For Bev Shah, founder and co-CEO of City Hive, the conversation needs to move beyond simply asking how we get more women into the industry - and focus on what happens to their careers once they are there.

“You are given responsibility, you build a track record and that creates the opportunity for the next mandate. If that chain is interrupted, the effect can compound in the other direction.”

Progress isn’t just about recruitment. It’s about whether the structures are in place to ensure women get the opportunities, responsibility and progression needed to build lasting careers in fund management.

The latest figures show why that matters.

Read Citywire’s 2026 Alpha Female Report: https://citywire.com/selector/news/alpha-female-2026-progress-for-women-fund-managers-goes-into-reverse/a2497702