Communities
IiFE communities bring member firms together to translate inclusion into better talent outcomes, stronger leadership and improved decision-making across European asset management.
Each community focuses on practical implementation: sharing insight, applying evidence, testing approaches and helping organisations move from intention to measurable progress.
Communities are where member firms collaborate, share what works and turn inclusion into practical performance outcomes.
The communities
IiFE communities focus on the practical conditions that help organisations widen access, develop talent and create cultures where people can contribute, challenge and perform.
Social Mobility
Helping firms attract, develop and retain talent by expanding opportunity, growth and feedback.
Explore Social Mobility →Gender Equality
Supporting progression, representation and leadership pathways that strengthen business performance.
Explore Gender Equality →Inclusive Culture
Creating environments where people contribute, challenge, grow and perform at their best.
Explore Inclusive Culture →How communities connect
IiFE communities help member firms build the practical conditions for stronger talent, leadership, culture and decision-making. They do this through shared evidence, peer learning and practical implementation.
Cognitive Diversity sits alongside these communities as IiFE’s decision-making and performance framework. It helps organisations understand how different people think, challenge and decide, while the communities help turn that thinking into practical progress.
Explore Cognitive Diversity →Gender Equality
The Gender Equality Community helps member firms turn gender equality into stronger talent pipelines, better leadership representation and measurable business performance across European asset management.
The community focuses on progression, leadership visibility, mentoring, sponsorship, parental careers and inclusive talent systems.
Less than 40% of employees are women in two thirds of asset management organisations. Only 20% hold C-suite and partner roles. Only 20% of firms have more than 40% female representation in investment and sales.
The industry is not accessing the full depth of talent available to it. That is a performance gap.
Source: PwC/DPE Inclusion in Asset Management 2024.Programme
Rise Across is IiFE's cross-company, cross-country mentorship programme connecting professionals across European asset management.
The current pilot runs from June to November 2026, pairing participants across firms and countries for structured mentoring relationships that create lasting professional connections and broaden perspectives across the industry.
Enrolment for the current cohort is now closed. Register your interest below to be considered for future programmes.
Inclusive Culture
The Inclusive Culture Community helps member firms embed inclusion as a business capability, creating environments where people contribute, challenge, grow and perform at their best.
The community focuses on leadership behaviours, psychological safety, employee networks, workplace systems and team effectiveness.
Inclusion is not simply about workplace culture. It is a core business capability that shapes how organisations perform, make decisions and retain talent.
Inclusive organisations turn different perspectives into stronger decision-making, better execution and long-term performance.
Programme
Culture Builders is IiFE's Inclusive Culture initiative, bringing together Employee Resource Group leaders and culture practitioners from member organisations to share practical experience, strengthen collaboration and accelerate learning across European asset management.
Launched in April 2026, Culture Builders creates a practical space for shared learning, peer exchange and measurable progress.
How communities work
Communities help member firms turn evidence into practical implementation through shared insight, peer learning and focused action.
Members exchange experience, challenges and practical approaches.
Research, tools and guidance support informed decision-making.
Communities help firms move from theory to practical application.
Members focus on measurable progress across talent, culture and decision-making.
Different Thinking. Better Outcomes.
Be part of a European member organisation working together to strengthen talent, culture, decision-making and long-term performance.
Why it matters
Inclusion expands access to talent and enables people to grow, perform and stay. Social mobility strengthens talent pipelines by widening access to opportunity, growth and feedback.
Only 20% of asset management firms collect socioeconomic data. Only 4% have measurable social mobility goals, compared to 66% for gender.
Source: PwC/DPE Inclusion in Asset Management 2024.Social Mobility
Widening access. Growing talent. Strengthening performance.
The Social Mobility Community helps member firms attract, develop and retain talent by widening access and creating environments where people can grow, perform and stay.
The community focuses on data, recruitment pathways, progression, outreach, talent development and inclusive career systems.
Research
Social Mobility in Asset Management: An Untapped Opportunity
IiFE's 2026 research helps organisations understand where opportunities can be expanded, how progression can be strengthened and how wider talent pipelines contribute to stronger organisational performance.