Companies with Female Leadership Deliver Higher RoE

-       According to global data provider MSCI firms with “strong female leadership” delivered an average RoE of 10.1% versus 7.4% from companies without woman at the most senior levels. 

That’s interesting enough, but MSCI also says the research shows that companies with more woman on their boards are less likely to be caught up in corporate scandals and that firms ranked in the bottom quarter in terms of gender diversity were over 20% more likely to get caught up in governance-related issues.  Maybe that’s because not having strong female representation on the board is – by definition – poor governance, and scandalous.   The study also shows that Norway’s leadership in promoting diversity at the board level is bearing fruit, with Noway having the highest female representation at the board level.
Read more at:  http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/12/its-official-women-on-boards-boost-business