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Welcome to our #153 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Diana van Maasdijk, the Co-Founder & CEO of Equileap, an ESG data provider specialised in gender data. We talk about gender data, gender equality in the workplace and how to invest with a gender lens. Listen to the full...

Welcome to our #151 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the recent launch of Sophia Amoruso’s $5m+ venture capital (VC) firm called Trust Fund (US). She is the founder of Nasty Gal and Girlboss in the US. Crucially, Sophia is also raising in public which means that anyone can apply but has to b...

Welcome to our #149 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Patricia Lizarraga who is the Managing Partner of Hypatia Capital, an asset manager focused on investing in women in leadership. We talk about the launch of Hypatia’s Women CEO ETF in the US (NYSE: WCEO). Listen to the...

Welcome to our #147 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the annual report published by the Personal Finance (P-Fin) Index (US), which found that 53% of American adults do not know how long people live in retirement, even though women tend to have a better idea than men. ‘Longevity literacy’ ten...

Welcome to our #145 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse Happy New Year! And it’s good to be back. In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the economic projections for the UK in 2023 and why the UK has been forecast to lag significantly behind other developed nations. But economists expect to see growth in 2024. And don’t forget to li...

Welcome to our #144 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the best women-run (US) companies to own according to Morningstar. Few public companies are led by female CEOs, but in many cases they outperform. Don’t forget to listen to The Purse Podcast with Barbara Clarke. Barbara is the Co-Founder...

Welcome to our #143 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the research report by Goldman Sachs (US) which centres on women and their retirement. One of their key findings is that women are more likely, at 50%, to say they are behind on their retirement saving, compared to 35% of men. We explain...

Welcome to our #142 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight Euronext’s launch of eurozone and France equity indices targeting gender equality as ‘first pillars’ addressing gender balance in the workplace. The new index family comes in response to increased investor demand for socially-conscious in...

Welcome to our #141 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Anna Sofat who rejoins us on The Purse Podcast. We highlight Anna’s intention behind building Addidi, her financial services boutique for women and why profit and impact should, in fact go hand in hand. Listen to the fu...

Welcome to our #139 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight why the UK has a growth problem and what this means for the investor. Vicky Pryce joins us again on The Purse Podcast to talk about gilts (UK bond market), how volatile are they, are they still a good investment and UK growth. Listen to t...

Welcome to our #138 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Victoria Ross from Progeny Wealth, who is a Chartered Financial Planner. We talk about how women can protect and grow their money during the cost of living crisis. We highlight Victoria’s response to why women are more...

Welcome to our #137 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight BlockFi’s Women x Crypto survey data (US) which indicates that 1 in 10 women invested in crypto as their first investment. And 20% of Gen Z women see bitcoin as the best long term investment compared to every other potential asset class....

Welcome to our #136 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight Amboy Street Ventures’ investment in Hey Jane, which prescribes abortion medication to patients online, delivers the medication to the home, and provides follow-up care and community. This oversubscribed investment round of $6.1m is belie...

Welcome to our #135 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight a recent study by the Resolution Foundation which indicates that more than 5m UK households will see their annual mortgage payments increase by an average of £5,100 by the end of 2024. And don’t forget to listen to The Purse Podcast inter...

Welcome to our #134 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the UK bond or gilts market and understanding why the Bank of England (BoE) had to intervene last week by committing to buying £65bn of long-term government debt over a 13 day period. And don’t forget to listen to The Purse Podcast intervi...

Welcome to our #133 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on research which indicates that women are most likely to be worried about their money right now. The cost of living crisis is a concern for most, but women are more likely to seek financial support from family and friends and are concerned a...

Welcome to our #132 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight the new Women Angels Insights report from the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) and Beauhurst. Over 5000+ female angel investors have invested in 1000+ female founded startups in the last 10 years, generating over £2bn of investment....

Welcome to our #131 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we highlight Ray Dalio’s Linkedin post where he calculates that the US Federal Reserve will have to raise interest rates to at least 4.5% in order to get inflation under control. This will have an impact on equities and the economy. Meanwhile economis...

Welcome to our #130 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber MD. We talk about their new book: The XX Edge: Unlocking higher returns and lower risk; why women need to take centre stage in financial decision making and investing, how women inve...

Welcome to our #129 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight our interview with Rebecca Chesworth who is the Senior Equities Strategist at State Street Global Advisors. We talk about the uncertain market, the outlook for the rest of 2022 and for 2023 and what actions European investors are taking....

Welcome to our #128 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on why women should invest in crypto, starting with bitcoin and how to derisk their investment. I published the original opinion piece back in October of last year just before the crypto market peaked in November. Since then, the change in th...

Welcome to our #127 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on rising interest rates and what this means for your money. We know that women have been adversely affected by the pandemic, so what can they do to ensure they are outpacing the surge in inflation and protecting, if not growing, their net wo...

Welcome to our #126 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on a new women-led fund and network called Coalition which is designed to increase diversity on cap tables and help founders access the best talent in tech. Don’t forget to listen to The Purse Podcast interview with Gillian Fleming who is Fou...

Welcome to our #125 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we focus on research about why women who are married or in a couple tend to save less than men (and also women and men who are single). We’ve created a brief list of things you can do today to change that. And don’t forget, you can (re) listen to The...

Welcome to our #124 weekly newsletter. “For women taking control of their financial future” -Jana Hlistova From The Purse In this week’s newsletter, we spotlight The Purse Podcast interview with Cindy Gallop. Cindy updates us on her sextech startup, MakeLoveNotPorn (MLNP) and what her female founder journey has been like since January 2021. We also ask Cindy to share her views on the overturning o...