The 8 per cent of the time women speak on earnings calls includes boilerplate introductory remarks delivered by investor relations executives. And on conference calls, “there aren’t many women analysts” at all, Bloomberg Intelligence senior U.S. banks analyst Alison Williams said. Of those, three are male corporate representatives while one corporate representative is female. About six male analysts speak while two female analysts make remarks. More than half — 54 per cent — of female speakers during calls are non-C-Suite employees, versus just 20 per cent of male corporate representatives.

Source: thestar September 13, 2018 19:07 UTC