'Hawkish' shareholders want gender diversity, says BlackRock boss

'Hawkish' shareholders want gender diversity, says BlackRock boss
By Fiona Rotherham April 21 (BusinessDesk) - BlackRock, one of the world’s largest institutional investors, says shareholders are getting more hawkish in insisting on gender diversity on boards and senior management roles. Pru Bennett, BlackRock’s head of corporate governance and responsible investment for Asia Pacific, told the New Zealand Institute of Directors conference in Auckland today that there was a raft of research showing those boards with greater gender diversity outperform those that don’t have it. “From an investor perspe...