'Gender lens investing' doesn't just have the potential to help society — it could benefit your portfolio, too
Please read important informationWomen only hold about one in four corporate board seats.1
The wage gap still exists.
Just 7.4% of companies in the S&P 500 have a woman CEO2
That's 256 years
from today!3
One way is through
gender lens investing.
– Jackie VanderBrug, head of Sustainable and Impact Investment Strategy in the Chief Investment Office (CIO) for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank
"A gender lens investor takes gender-based data and integrates it into their investment process."
– Jackie VanderBrug, head of Sustainable and Impact Investment Strategy in the Chief Investment Office (CIO) for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank
Applying gender lens metrics to your investing decisions has the potential to boost your return on investment.
Firms with more diverse leadership are more likely to experience above-average profitability.4
Consider
companies that...
Are founded, run or funded by women
Women-owned startups generated
78¢
for every dollar of
venture-capital funding,
compared to just
31¢
for startups founded by men.5
Support equal pay and opportunity
Women working full time earned 82¢ for every dollar earned by men in 2019.
For Black women, the gap widens to 63¢, for Native American women, 60¢, and for Hispanic women, 55¢.6
Exhibit gender diversity, from the ground floor to the C–suite
Diverse companies may experience better performance, reduced turnover and higher employee engagement, all predictors of higher earnings.7
Offer products or services that benefit women
By 2023, women are expected to hold $93 trillion of private wealth, more than twice as much as 2010 levels.8
One final reason to believe:
Gender equality could increase global GDP by up to $28 trillion by 2025 – and that benefits everyone!9
"Gender equality is good for the economy and it's good for society."
For more tips, stats and insights on gender lens investing, read "Why gender lens investing can be good for the world – and your portfolio"
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Information is as of February 24, 2021. Opinions are those of the author(s), as of the date of this document and are subject to change.
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