Prudent women take over HNW ratio - Datamonitor

The UK now has more wealthy women than men because their investment philosophy tends to be more conservative, suggests the latest Datamonitor report. According to the latest statistics, almost 300,000 women now have assets worth £200,000 in cash, shares and bond, thanks to improving salaries and 'financial acument', whereas there are only 271,000 men in the UK with assets of over £200,000. The number of young people - those aged between 18 and 45 years old - almost halved last year (2002) since 1999, as the number of young people with wealth worth more than £200,000 has fallen fro...