Women in Wealth
Read news and profiles of top women in wealth management, wealthtech/fintech and other parts of the financial services industry.
Women Are an Opportunity, Not a Niche: Schwab’s Clark
By James J. GreenAmong the lessons from Schwabs Women and Financial Independence Study, according to Bernie Clark: Dont treat us differently, but do get to know us and our goals.
June 28, 2012
How Advisors Can End the Real ‘War Against Women’A sad finding from our research: the gender financial literacy gap is only growing. Why you should care, advisors, and what you can do to narrow the gap.
June 27, 2012
What Do Wealthy Women Want?Ninety-five percent of UHNW women use advisors, wealth manager Eileen O'Connor said. As their numbers grow, it's worth an advisor's while to crack the code for working with them.
June 27, 2012
Why women still can’t have it all (Atlantic)Anne-Marie Slaughter says the best hope for improving the lot of all women, and for closing whats been called a new gender gapmeasured by wellness rather than wagesis to close the leadership gap.
June 27, 2012
Why women still can’t have it all (Atlantic)Anne-Marie Slaughter says the best hope for improving the lot of all women, and for closing whats been called a new gender gapmeasured by wellness rather than wagesis to close the leadership gap.
June 27, 2012
“Having it all” is not a women’s issue (Harvard Business Review)When Stew Friedman began talking about work and family in his Wharton School classes in 1987, his students and colleagues wanted to know why he was focusing on womens issues.
June 26, 2012
Women Are Not a NicheAt a recent Barrons Top Independent Advisors conference, an audience member posed a question to me and my counterparts that seemed like a flashback to the 1970s and 80s.
June 22, 2012
The impossible juggling act: Motherhood and work (NPR)It's still possible to have it all, but not the way America's economy and society are currently structured.