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Women and investing: Planning for your legacy

Women and investing

Passing on wealth to others is a key objective of many families and investors. Whether this is to heirs, charities or others depends on each individual’s objectives and how they define what they want their legacy to be.

UBS Investor Sentiment

UBS Investor Sentiment

The UBS Investor Sentiment 1Q22 global quarterly research of female business owners showed that inflation was their top concern. Find out why global female business owners are 'Risk aware, not risk averse'.

UBS Female Founders

Female founders

In our paper, The funding gap, we found a discrepancy between investors and female entrepreneurs (see below for more details).

We’ve sought to give a voice to female entrepreneurs and investors in order to learn more from their experiences and advice.

Find out more about this initiative and others and how we hope this will contribute to eliminating the funding gap, in our latest digital publication, UBS Female Founders.

Women´s wealth is growing, and there is a trend toward women wanting and taking control of their finances. Women are not satisfied with the current advice they receive, and they tend to value the importance of expert advice more than men. To deliver the experience and wealth advice that women are looking for, wealth managers need to reimagine their value proposition. Please download our Women and Investing: Reimagining wealth advice Report and learn more on how you can gain financial confidence.

Momentum for financial empowerment is growing as more women take control of their finances. This presents a great opportunity for the financial industry to reimagine how we can create a stronger, more inclusive system that benefits not just women but everyone.
Min Lan Tan, Head CIO APAC, UBS Global Wealth Management

Women’s Wealth 2030

Parity, power, purpose

The 2020s are set to be transformational for women’s wealth and with it the global economy.  However, in order to unleash its true potential by 2030, major challenges must be overcome.  As we look ahead to 2030, there is a need to recalibrate global systems and promote gender lens investing, with a focus on parity, power and purpose.

Let’s explore 

The rising trends in the decades ahead.

Women's Wealth 2030 - Parity, power, purpose

  • Women's wealth will grow

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    every decade.

  • With more gender diversity, there's a potential

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    GDP increase totaling $160 trillion.

  • Women-owned startups generate

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    more revenue.

  • Only

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    of global venture funding goes to businesses with all-women teams.

In Fact

Women want to be served with a different dialogue that places greater focus on their aspirations as opposed to pure investment outcomes.

88% of women want to make a positive social impact – want to invest socially responsible1.

80% of women will have to manage money on their own at some point in life2.

Women tend to use their wealth as a source of safety rather than as a chance.

1 The Center for Talent Innovation, Harnessing The Power of the Purse: Female Investors and Global Opportunities for Growth, 2014, Infographic, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Andrea Turner Moffitt with Melinda Marshall
2 UBS Investor Watch: Own Your Worth

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Life events

Few life journeys are neatly mapped out. More often, life presents us with forks in the road and detours. We take on these challenges because they enrich our lives – even if some of them are less welcome than others. But one thing remains true: a long-term asset development plan that safeguards your wealth will prepare you for many of life’s twists and turns.

Whatever phase of life you’re in, know what to keep in mind when it comes to your finances.

First job

  • Are you taking control of your personal finances and contracts?
  • Are you making your first investments and analysing how much risk you can take on?
  • Are you protecting yourself from adverse events?

Partnership and marriage

  • Are you prepared for major expenses, such as buying a home, which often come at the beginning of your life as a couple?
  • Have you arranged your joint finances?
  • Since life doesn’t always go as planned, have you found a suitable setup for a shared future?

Family and children

  • Have you assessed and prioritized your goals and made sure they’re in line with your added family members' expenses? Have you considered the great importance you will attach to your children’s education and to fulfilling their dreams?
  • Having children is often paired with a phase of increased expenses. What impact do these changed conditions have on the long-term development of your wealth? Who will ensure that the assets they inherit are preserved and used properly?

Career

  • Standing on your own feet financially, the question of how to invest sensibly becomes relevant. How much risk are you able and willing to bear?  What short- to medium-term goals and wishes would you like to finance?
  • How to continue building up assets for future goals and set up your own investment portfolio at an early stage? How can you safeguard your desired standard of living over the long term? Which pension instruments are worth investing in?

Stability

  • Before deciding on a property, what is its market value? What is the best way of financing it?
  • What are you passionate about? People often wish to give something back to society by helping those less fortunate, getting involved in environmental projects or finding other worthy causes. How should you proceed to ensure that your money gets to the right place?

Separation/ new partner

  • In the event of a divorce, joint assets and retirement assets are divided. Have you considered that this may lead to a significant change in your financial situation?
  • Have you considered that finances and contracts will need to be unravelled and adapted to your new circumstances?
  • Are you aware of how important it is to rebuild your financial independence and confidence?

Retirement

  • Assessing the future is a crucial factor. Have you thought about when to stop working, pension schemes and health expenses?
  • Various retirement assets can be paid out when you stop working. Have you taken into consideration the fact that they’re taxed differently from other income?
  • Have you gauged how much financial flexibility you’ll have, especially as your focus might begin to shift towards travel, grandchildren, voluntary activities and realizing personal dreams and hobbies?

Gifting and inheritance

  • In many cases, some or all of your assets may already be earmarked for loved ones. If so, have you thought of involving them in your current investment decisions?  Would your successors invest the same way as you?
  • Do you have arrangements in place for the assets you wish to pass on? Don’t forget to check if special tax rules should be taken into account, including foreign rules.

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Past events

1 March 2023 – Celebrating International Women’s Day: Featuring female technopreneurs

According to our latest research report “Women’s Wealth 2030: parity, power, purpose”, female entrepreneurs and female-led businesses are on the rise globally.

In partnership with She Loves Tech, the world's largest startup competition for women and technology, UBS celebrated International Women’s Day over an evening of networking and conversations with women technopreneurs.

She Loves Tech

26 – 27 October 2023

UBS has partnered with She Loves Tech for their SHE LOVES TECH CONFERENCE 2022 that takes place on 26 – 27 October in Singapore. In this era of flux - from geopolitics to economics and rapid tech transformation - we need to be able to adapt and evolve. At She Loves Tech, 2023 is the Year of Metamorphosis, as we Awaken our inner consciousness to Innovate for humanity. The program over the two days will include panel discussions, fireside chats, Girls Love Tech forum, workshops, and the grand finale of She Loves Tech Global Competition - designed to include existing and future stakeholders in building the largest global platform for women and tech.

9 November 2023 - Female Founder Award 2023- Women, Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation

This is our 3rd year of partnership across the global UBS platform that powers our 2023 Female Founder Award and our accelerator program, Project Female Founder, amongst other Women's Wealth initiatives.

This event was instrumental in bringing together our ecosystem of female founders, ecosystem partners, VCs and angel networks who have aligned with our commitment to women and supported our various programs.

She Loves Tech

10-11 November 2022  

UBS has partnered with She Loves Tech for their SHE LOVES TECH CONFERENCE 2022 that takes place on 10-11 November in Singapore. The theme for the conference is “Daring to be” - for those who DARE - those who dare to tap into their inner “superpower” to create and innovate, those who dare to start advocacies that matter, and those who dare to create a new future for the world.

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Date: 17 March 2021

Speaker: Georgie Benardete, Co-Founder and CEO, Align 17

Host: August Hatecke, Co-Head Asia Pacific, UBS GWM

Moderator: Patricia Quek, Business Sector Head –Singapore, Malaysia and GFIM SG, UBS GWM

Closing remarks: Min Lan Tan, Head Chief Investment Office APAC, UBS GWM

Female Financial Impact

@ Cannes Lions 2021 with The Female Quotient, Tuesday 22, June 2021

Coffee chat series

Coffee chat @9PR: #Trending...An industry disrupted

Date: 27 October 2021

Speaker: Ankiti Bose, CEO & Co-Founder, Zilingo

Host: Min Lan Tan, Head Chief Investment Office APAC, UBS GWM

Moderator: Patricia Quek, Business Sector Head –Singapore, Malaysia and GFIM SG, UBS GWM

Coffee chat @9PR: The power of giving

Date: 13 September 2021

Speaker: Anita Fam, President, National Council of Social Service

Host: Min Lan Tan, Head Chief Investment Office APAC, UBS GWM

Moderator: Patricia Quek, Business Sector Head –Singapore, Malaysia and GFIM SG, UBS GWM

Coffee chat @9PR: Disruptions & Growth

Date: 5 July 2021

Speaker: Noni Purnomo, President of The Board of Directors,  Blue Bird Group

Host: Min Lan Tan, Head Chief Investment Office APAC, UBS GWM

Moderator: Patricia Quek, Business Sector Head –Singapore, Malaysia and GFIM SG, UBS GWM

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