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SEC names new diversity directorPosted by RJ and Makay on Jan 05, 2012 |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the appointment of Pamela A. Gibbs to head the agency’s recently created Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The move is in line with a Dodd-Frank mandate that calls for the creation of diversity-monitoring offices at various regulatory agencies including the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and at all 12 Federal Reserve banks.
Less than a quarter of hiring managers plan to add more employees to their company rosters in 2012, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey that polled more than 3,000 human resource and hiring professionals. 23% of survey recipients said that they would add full-time permanent staff, down slightly from 24% who said the same last year. 7% of companies plan to cut staff in 2012, the same percentage as last year.
Just in time for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is launching the Multicultural Financial Advisors Forum (MFAF). The MFAF, a blog for financial advisors (FAs) of diverse backgrounds, is located at www.multiculturalfaforum.com.
