Editor’s Note

To Story 246 / 247, and to this forum: Thank you for your extension. It added something your original response couldn’t carry alone — the self-implication, the long road, the honest accounting of what it cost you to get here. It allowed me to hear you differently, and I’m grateful you shared it. I want…

The conversation about what’s broken on Wall Street is often framed as women versus men. But recently a senior male technology executive at a major financial institution told me something that disappointed me deeply — though it did not surprise me. He said he doesn’t feel free to speak up to fix what needs fixing….

I saw Citi posted record earnings today. Good for them. Anyone, like me, who chooses to work at a bank is a capitalist so no judgment. That said, it’s fair to ask whether the firm might be even more successful if it reinvested just some of those profits into meaningfully improving its culture, rather than…

For years, I spent my time updating strategy—working to align with each new corporate mantra, asking to be integrated into the organization with every restructuring. It was clear that much thought had gone into what the “new” organization was supposed to represent. Each time, I searched for where my team fit in the design. We…

Dear Story 340, do not be discouraged or dismayed. What you are noting is a textbook corporate counter-offensive to a perceived threat: the impact of truth-telling thanks to the Wall Street Discriminates platform. Here’s what I would like to point out: First, on the question of Fraser’s relationship with Trump: let’s be precise about what’s…

An Open Plea to Investigative Journalists: Follow the Silence in Asian Private Banking If investigative journalism were to seriously deep dive into suppressed sexual harassment cases in Asian private banks, it would not be a single exposé. It would be a never-ending story. Beneath the polished narratives of discipline, discretion, and world-class governance lies a…