Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 largest insurance companies: on both executive and...

The share of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany has increased somewhat more strongly than in previous years. The top 200 companies reached the ten percent mark for the first time: women held 14 more board positions than in the previous year, 94 out of 907. Growth was also...

1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of legal measures, voluntary rules, indexes, and certifications concerning gender diversity in the banking industry -- 3. Women and bank performance: theoretical background and literature review -- 4. Data on female representation in banks -- 5. The gender pay...