Gender Lens Investing: Uncovering Opportunities for Growth, Returns, and Impact - Hardcover

by Joseph Quinlan (Author), Jackie Vanderbrug (Author)

Delve into gender lens investing and the reality of the female economy

Women today are an unparalleled force in the global economy--as successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and family breadwinners. Yet gender-based violence, the absence of women's legal rights and the persistent wage gap stubbornly remain. This paradox creates an unprecedented and underexplored opportunity for investors.

Gender Lens Investing, co-authored by Jackie VanderBrug, Managing Director and Joseph Quinlan, Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist, of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, is the first book of its kind to examine, in-depth the advantages of integrating gender into investment analysis. While other books speak to growing numbers and influence of women, Gender Lens Investing moves from economic trends to financial strategy.

• Learn why gender is material to economic prosperity and investment performance
• Explore ways to use a gender lens to assess products, companies and sectors.
• Delve into the forces of positive social change supported by a gender perspective on investment choices
• Examine profitable and gratifying gender lens investment strategies

Women are one of the world's greatest underutilized assets, and applying a gender lens allows you to identify companies that recognize this, or uncover the risks of companies that neglect it. A gender lens adds value across the investment community, but the impact reaches far beyond the bounds of portfolios to the economy and society as a whole. Gender Lens Investing provides expert perspective and real-world practical insight for investors looking to drive returns and impact.

Front Jacket

The importance of the role of women to society and business is no longer up for question. Study after study has shown that educating women and girls has transformed economies; meanwhile, fully leveraging the talents of women has become an imperative for corporate growth and survival.

Even so, women may still be the world's most underused asset. Despite their rising economic power--as successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, political leaders--women still confront many inequalities, ranging from wage gaps to gender-based discrimination and violence. Women, in other words, stand at the crossroads of promise and peril.

Against this backdrop, gender lens investing is soaring in importance. As investors, focusing on the vast untapped potential of women--or using what is often called a "gender lens"--can be a remarkably powerful tool, allowing us to uncover investment opportunities and risks that we might not otherwise see.

Gender Lens Investing is the first book of its kind to explore, in depth, the advantages of integrating gender into investment analysis. The book presents a dynamic, global picture of women's economic roles, demonstrates the relevance of using a gender lens in investment analysis and portfolio construction, and shows investors how to apply a gender lens in their own investment evaluation process.

This is a must-read if you want to:

• Comprehend the economic might and influence women now exert on global growth
• Understand a gender lens and why gender is material to economic prosperity and investment performance
• Explore ways to use a gender lens to assess products, companies, and sectors
• Examine potentially profitable gender lens strategies
• Align your portfolio with your specific values related to women's empowerment

Understanding gender is the latest in investment sophistication. Start here.

Back Jacket

The importance of the role of women to society and business is no longer up for question. Study after study has shown that educating women and girls has transformed economies; meanwhile, fully leveraging the talents of women has become an imperative for corporate growth and survival.

Even so, women may still be the world's most underused asset. Despite their rising economic power--as successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, political leaders--women still confront many inequalities, ranging from wage gaps to gender-based discrimination and violence. Women, in other words, stand at the crossroads of promise and peril.

Against this backdrop, gender lens investing is soaring in importance. As investors, focusing on the vast untapped potential of women--or using what is often called a "gender lens"--can be a remarkably powerful tool, allowing us to uncover investment opportunities and risks that we might not otherwise see.

Gender Lens Investing is the first book of its kind to explore, in depth, the advantages of integrating gender into investment analysis. The book presents a dynamic, global picture of women's economic roles, demonstrates the relevance of using a gender lens in investment analysis and portfolio construction, and shows investors how to apply a gender lens in their own investment evaluation process.

This is a must-read if you want to:

• Comprehend the economic might and influence women now exert on global growth
• Understand a gender lens and why gender is material to economic prosperity and investment performance
• Explore ways to use a gender lens to assess products, companies, and sectors
• Examine potentially profitable gender lens strategies
• Align your portfolio with your specific values related to women's empowerment

Understanding gender is the latest in investment sophistication. Start here.

Author Biography

Joseph Quinlan is managing director and head of Market and Thematic Strategy for the Global Wealth and Investment Management (GWIM) division of Bank of America. He is the author of The Last Economic Superpower.

Jackie VanderBrug is managing director and Sustainable Platform Lead for the Global Wealth and Investment Management (GWIM) division of Bank of America, where she co-chairs the Impact Investing Council.