Believe in yourself: 30 top female advisers on what it takes to succeed

14% of CF30s are female - FCA register

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Why aren't there more female financial advisers? Ben Peele got 30 top female advisers on Zoom to find out and asked them how to improve the statistics...

Why aren't there more female financial advisers? This was one of the questions I asked 30 women with successful careers in financial advice at a seminar I hosted recently (20 May). One of the main answers was that many women just don't know about financial advice as a career. Most of those present had ‘fallen into it'. No school careers adviser had ever mentioned it. Confidence  However, another reason became apparent during the discussion. Many of these incredibly successful women had suffered from a lack of confidence about their abilities. They questioned if they had what it to...

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