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Hedge fund manager on £130,000 a year sues bank for £7million
A City hedge fund manager is seeking £7million compensation after claiming she was excluded from the trading floor at a German bank dominated by a 'frat club' culture. Foreign exchange manager Jenus Fiouzi claims key decisions at Commerzbank AG were made during all-male drinking sessions to which she was not invited. The 43-year-old, who was born in Iran, but migrated to Canada at the age of 17, told a Central London Employment Tribunal that her colleagues often spoke German in front of her, leaving her feeling 'isolated and outnumbered'. She began working at the bank's London office in April 2013 on an annual ... (full story)