But in an ironic twist the firm behind the Fearless Girl statue will pay $5m (£ ... It's not the first time that the statue has attracted controversy. When State Street commissioned the statue ...

What the report didn’t tell you was that the company that brought you Fearless Girl and the SHE Gender Diversity ETF was actually proud to withhold its support for these proposals. Confused yet?

Fearless Girl appeared in the city's financial district on International Women's Day in March last year. The 4ft (1.20m) bronze statue was originally commissioned to draw attention to the lack of ...