We arranged for trained undercover men and women to pose as potential clients and visit all 65 local financial advisory … firms in Hong Kong, China. At financial planning firms, but not at securities firms, women were more likely than men to …

financial decisions. Understanding the influence gender and personality traits have on an investor's financial risk tolerance …

demographic change, poverty in old age disproportionally affects women. Given these developments, private investment is becoming … are still gender differences in investment behaviour. We conduct a thorough literature review and empirical analysis based …. Controlling for selected socio-economic variables, we find that women have significantly less holdings in risky assets. This …