Planting trees, running 100 miles and financial guidance - the women in advice helping communities

IWD 8 March

Sophie King
clock • 7 min read

Professional Adviser's Sophie King has put together a sort of merger between International Women's Day and PA's weekly Good News Bulletin, celebrating the women in the financial advice sector doing their bit for communities, charities and female empowerment.

It is no secret that the financial advice sector lacks in proportional female representation, whether it is leaders of financial advice firms, those entering the sector after completing education or advisers themselves. Of course, the sector has vastly improved in attracting women in recent years and, slowly but surely, more are entering the profession and moving up the career ladder. IWD gives the world a time to reflect on the inequalities between men and women, and recognise the difficulties women can face that men may not. It is also a time to celebrate women and so Professional A...

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