Women made up a slightly larger share of partners at CPA firms last year than they did the previous year, but there's still room for improvement, according to industry consultant Marc Rosenberg.
The latest Rosenberg Survey, set to be published in mid-December, found that 16.4 percent of partners at the nearly 400 accounting firms surveyed were female, Rosenberg said in an interview.

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