Creating an inclusive culture

The Newton Belonging & Inclusion Council promotes diversity of thought, background and experience, and a culture of belonging and inclusion. The Council’s initiatives include data collection and measurement, recruitment, retention and mentorship, policy and partnerships, and inclusive leadership education. The Council works closely with the BNY Office of Belonging and Inclusion to implement the parent company’s strategy, policies and initiatives.

We prioritise mental health support for our employees. We offer targeted and fast access to confidential mental health services (therapy and coaching) for our employees and their families. We have a dedicated mental health and wellbeing website, host guest-speaker events and have rolled out a programme of resilience training, resulting in the development of mental health and wellbeing ambassadors.

We work to build a more diverse workforce through:
  • Attracting and retaining a diverse talent pool
  • Providing leadership development, mentoring and sponsorship opportunities
  • Skill building through learning content in our AI-driven learning experience platform
  • Supporting employees with family-friendly policies and other resources

Parent and family support

Our global family-friendly policies include:
  • Paid leave for all employees who have become new parents, regardless of pathway to parenthood, and inclusive of birth, adoption, surrogacy and fostering
  • Support for parents including emergency backup care for dependants
  • Backup adult/elder care
  • Paid caregiver leave for planned and unplanned emergency caregiving responsibilities
  • ‘Work from anywhere’ programme, which allows colleagues to work from over 20 sovereign jurisdictions for two weeks each year

Employee resource groups

We support a network of employee resource groups coordinated by our parent company, BNY, which is open to all employees. The network includes:

  • GENEDGE
    GENEDGE
    Improving collaboration across generations and regions by leveraging diversity of thought to solve business problems and drive positive change.
  • HEART
    HEART
    Raise awareness and leverage the talent of employees with diverse abilities to help build an inclusive and accessible workplace environment.
  • IMPACT
    IMPACT
    Leveraging cultural diversity and inclusive leadership as a competitive advantage to deliver enhanced employee and client outcomes.
  • PRISM
    PRISM
    Promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) inclusion for the benefit of all colleagues and the company through workplace activities and external engagement.
  • VETNET
    VETNET
    Serves as a resource, advocate and network for BNY’s veterans, military spouses, family members and their colleagues.
  • WIN
    WIN
    Supports and empowers the advancement of women at BNY with opportunities for professional development, leadership, enhanced visibility and greater connectivity with other employees and clients.

Industry initiatives

We are involved actively in industry initiatives to promote inclusion within asset management.

Vocational trainee programme
We run a vocational trainee programme in the UK, working with a charity called The Brokerage. Through this programme, we select talented leavers from London state schools and offer them the chance to study for a degree, alongside working full time at Newton. This programme has been running for many years, and we have seen many successful school leavers succeed, earn their degree, and contribute meaningfully to Newton.

Diversity Project
We are an active member of the Diversity Project, and through this, we work with more than 100 other investment firms to share and develop best practices.

We are a founding member of the Diversity Project Pathway programme, which has a target to train 150 female portfolio managers in London over the next five years. This industry-wide programme was launched in January 2023, and is providing a training and career opportunity for women, particularly those in non-investment roles, who want to become portfolio managers, to learn from the best across the industry, with a new cohort starting each new year.

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