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Women's financial concerns and goals vary widely, depending on factors such as age, professional standing and marital status.
Encouraging more women to join the industry would go a long way toward addressing the looming talent gap and better reflect the marketplace we serve.
Advisers should encourage clients to avoid taking on too large a loan in the first place, and implement repayment strategies to quickly pay down debt.
File and suspend's elimination doesn't mean advisers should put Social Security planning on the shelf.
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<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> If the data is correct, women's investment returns have been trouncing men's for nearly a decade.
InvestmentNews is beginning its search for the best and brightest among the advice industry's latest class of up-and-comers.
How she created a successful hourly financial planning firm for the average person despite early mistakes
The firm's director of personal finance shares how she came to love the industry and the greatest compliment she's heard from fund managers.
Some highs and lows, swings and misses
Despite having less experience than women, men in the service adviser role, for example, were nearly twice as likely to have been promoted in the past year.
Studies show that women tend to be less overconfident, have a flatter probability weighting curve and may do a better job of matching expected outcomes with actual outcomes.
Be aware that many women in your firm can do the jobs above those they're currently in, but might not recognize it.
The assistant labor secretary recounts her serendipitous career and what motivates her to help women facing financial crises in retirement.
The executive credits strong mentors and her husband for the success she has achieved today.
After an illness unexpectedly put her in charge of her father's finances, SheCapital founder Tina Powell started a program to help fellow women better manage money.
Having a mentor who sees the "future you" and good relationships are key to a strong career.
