The drumbeat from the finance industry on how to handle the problem of gender imbalance among its ranks is eerily similar to what legal industry insiders have long been fighting. As our affiliate publication Think Adivsor recounts, statistics in both industries are similarly stagnant.

Understanding and solving the gender imbalance in the finance industry will take more than just acknowledging it, according to Brie Williams, head of practice management at State Street Global Advisors.