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Do men and women invest differently from each other? Some research would suggest they do, and there are even surveys that claim female fund managers outperform their male peers.

But I think it is weak ground to say one gender invests better or worse than the other. What may be true is other traits play a part in the way the different sexes look at portfolios. I had this conversation with a very experienced female fund manager last week and she shared my scepticism about arguments that women are better than men or vice versa. 'Restart' scheme launches to help more women return to investment industry But what she said, and I agree with this, is in general women's attitude to risk within portfolios could be different, in so far as they may size positions and ...