The hedge fund industry has long been a male-dominated arena, but maybe that should change. Consider that a new study shows hedge funds led by women far outperformed the global hedge fund index in the first three quarters of 2012…..
“As far as women running funds, I would like to see more women step out on their own and do what it takes to become white hot in an otherwise dull universe with only a handful of bright male stars,” he said. ..article

Women Winning in Business, Finance

…Women have been proving their success as advisors. The Fidelity study showed that female advisors had 5 percent higher assets under management and were generally more satisfied than their male counterparts. Although women earned five percent less than men, they had a higher sentiment score and higher average account size. While both genders were adjusting their strategies in the past year to focus on gaining new clients and increasing their share of wallet, women were focused more on networking to generate new business by attending events and seminars and in expanding the types of services they offer. In addition, more women than men were working with clients on areas outside of traditional investments, including long-term care, health care financing, and trust planning…..article

KUALA LUMPUR: A financial qualification or a background which demonstrates substantial financial acument are seen as catalysts for women getting onto the boards of FTSE 100 Index companies, said a report by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
The report, ‘Women in finance: A springboard to corporate board positions?’, said proportionally, women appeared to be more successful in attaining executive roles where they had a financial background…article

Juncker backs French woman to head new bank supervisor

The head of the European Union’s new banking regulator should be a woman and in this first instance, come from France, according to outgoing eurozone head Jean-Claude Juncker…
… on Thursday also revealed that the job to lead the eurozone’s new bank supervision body would go to a French woman. “I am totally in favor of having a female representative,” he said. “It will be done, and (she) will be French.”
He did not elaborate but French media reports pointed to Daniele Nouya top official at the Banque de France…article

IT’S not the sort of advice you would expect to hear this holiday season, but chair of the National Family Planning Board, Dr Sandra Knight, did not mince words when she implored women to become more independent instead of depending on men for things…Artikel

…In a country where many borrowers without access to formal financial institutions are forced to offset decades-old loans by marrying their female family members off to predatory private lenders, the importance of financial inclusion cannot be overemphasised…article

Forget the “fiscal cliff”, it will be women who save the economy, according to the “Sage of Omaha”.

Warren Buffett: ‘What a waste of human talent – 50pc of the population was pushed off into the corner for 200 years”…article