News editor's view: What I've learnt from ambitious young women in advice

Isabel Baxter
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To mark International Women’s Day this year, I wanted to shine a light on the young female talent out there in the advice profession.

Through my Next Generation Advisers series, I have been lucky enough to speak to several young female advisers with goals to make real change. Take The Finance Woman's Romany Youell, who qualified as the UK's youngest financial adviser at just 18 years old. When I interviewed Youell, she described her business as about not just building a client bank, but "leading a movement", which, to me, summarises her passion for her work. "I didn't see many young people, especially women, in this space, which made me even more determined to do things differently and create something more acces...

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