BT Money Hacks: Women better at investing than men but fewer do (Ep 109)

17:40 min

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

In this 109th episode of Money Hacks, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to co-founder of Sophia and gender lens investor, Tanya Rolfe about closing the gender investing gap through education, especially since women investors thrash their male counterparts.

Highlights of the conversation:

2:20 Why women fear investing (including comments from Leanne Robers, co-founder of She Loves Tech on the wealth gap)

7:30 Although financial education is not gender-based, why education efforts need to be women centric and how

10:33 Why, though women investors do better than men, fewer women invest

12:50 What female founders can do to close the gender investing gap (including comments from Ee Ling Lim, head of APAC business development, 500 Global)

Produced by: Howie Lim (howielim@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Howie Lim and Hadyu Rahim

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