HONG KONG: John Lee joined Meritz Asset Management Co as chief executive officer five years ago, when few women were in positions of power at the firm. Yet things at the Seoul-based company have changed – today the head of marketing is female, eight of the 10 fund sales staff are women, and the investment team has almost reached gender parity.
Now Lee has a bigger ambition: To prove it can be profitable to invest in South Korean companies that push for women’s empowerment.
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