Why the financial services industry needs to 'wake up' to women's wealth

Women will hold 60% of the UK’s wealth by 2025

As a female entrepreneur, I have never felt the financial industry is relevant to me. I started my own business because I wanted to avoid the glass ceiling, but I was confronted with a financial sector that wasn’t listening or talking to women equally.

And when I see an industry that is not championing women, my instinct is to find a way to change it. This is especially important today this week, as on Monday the US marked Women's Equality Day against a backdrop of a changing power dynamic. Women are now the fastest growing and most important financial sector; by 2025 we will hold 60% of the UK's wealth. WealthiHer Network: Industry needs to join forces to better serve female investors From the point of view of a business owner, the strangest part of the whole system is that most financial services sub-sectors are fundamentally c...