Gender-targeted investment advice is less about female empowerment, more about acknowledgement
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THE first investing masterclass I attended, at the age of 21, left a deep impression on me. But not because of the insights I gained.
During a break for refreshments, I saw, for the first time, men queuing up for the washroom while the cubicles in the female toilet were completely empty.
This dearth of females is representative of the so-called "gender investing gap" - an opportunity that financial institutions are pouncing on.
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