Lindsay Hudson is to join Aegon Asset Management as head of inclusion and diversity from Invesco where she has worked since 2015.

Wealth managers, professional associations, regulators, investment and protection providers have signed up to the Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter.

The Chartered Insurance Institute will check the effectiveness of diversity policies at Chartered Corporate firms from 2021 when the renew their status.

Employee-owned Financial Planning firm Paradigm Norton says it has reached a diversity milestone with more than half of its team female.