Female financial independence is vital - and best practice begins at home

'Women at financial risk'

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Women's relationship to wealth needs a huge boost - or we risk half the world being left behind even as we make leaps forward in equality in other areas ...

What we are now beginning to see in areas like the mandatory reporting of gender pay gaps within companies is that transparency is the key to unlocking truth - and the first step to change. But while businesses are being forced to shed light on why women earn less than men at work, at least some of the hidden problems behind the lack of gender parity when it comes to wealth begin closer to home - in fact, in the home.  A healthy three-in-four (75%) women maintain a complete understanding of their personal finances over the course of a relationship, according to research by wealth mana...

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