The growth in women’s investible wealth outpaced that of men between 2016 and 2020, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2 per cent, as against 5.9 per cent for men. The pace of growth is expected to be higher for women going ahead, too.
“Women’s investible wealth is expected to continue to grow more rapidly than men’s over the period 2021-2025 (projected CAGR of 6 per cent versus 4.2 per cent),” said UBS in a note. In 2020, female investors controlled a third of total global personal investible wealth, up from 31 per cent in