Northern Ireland has widest gender advice gap in the UK

Intelliflo’s ‘Advice Map of Britain’ finds disparities in access to financial advice

Sahar Nazir
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Northern Ireland has the widest gender advice gap, displaying 43% female clients versus 54% male, according to Intelliflo.

The firm's Advice Map of Britain, which collected data from three million advised clients, has shown that the UK is "grappling with the intricacies" of this gender gap. Overall, gender disparities persist in the realm of financial advice as 43% of those receiving professional financial counsel are female, while 50% are male. The city of London was found to have the narrowest gap at 47% female and 50% male. In terms of regions, Scotland and the South West of England are where the greatest proportion of the local population are receiving advice, each at 7.2%. Conversely, London ...

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