Do female advisors have a competitive edge? A new survey suggests some clear advantages.
Women have larger client accounts and price more consistently, according to a new study from PriceMetrix, the Toronto-based practice management software and data services company. They also tend to serve more female investors in their books of business.
Bigger clients and more consistent pricing, not to mention a higher proportion of female clients, are significant advantages, Doug Trott, president and CEO of PriceMetrix noted in a press release. Taken together, these factors suggest women advisors are better positioned than men for future success.
Women make up only 12% of the advisor workforce in the U.S. and Canada, PriceMetrix estimates.
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
The typical female advisor has 56 "large" households -- defined as having $250,000 or more in assets -- and 72 small households, according to the study. The median male advisor, on the other hand, has 51 large households and 78 smaller ones. The average household for female advisors has $178,000 in investment assets, compared with $152,000 for men.
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While fees charged by men and women were similar, the study found that women priced more consistently than men. Among female advisors, fees range from a discounted 0.34% on assets to 1.29% on the upper end -- a band of less than one percentage point. Although some male advisors charged higher fees, their fees ranged more widely, from 0.33% to 1.58% of AUM.
One surprising statistic: Female advisors tend to serve clients of both genders fairly evenly, with only slightly more female clients. But male advisors, on average, have a lot more male clients: 56% men and 44% women.
Ultimately, neither X nor Y chromosomes determine the quality of an advisors practice, the advisor does, Trott said. The prerequisites for success, though, are a consistent pricing strategy and knowledge of where opportunities lie in ones book.
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