Gender-Diverse Boards Draw Investors

Advisers Say More Clients Want to Put Money in Companies That Promote Women

"We are seeing more demand for values-based investments that use a gender lens," says Jackie VanderBrug, senior vice president at U.S. Trust’s portfolio analytics, consulting and institutional group. "We’re seeing a set of folks saying, ‘These are my values, this is the world I want to live in.’ They are saying, ‘Why wouldn’t we take this into account?’ "

By
Corrie Driebusch

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