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Women's mkt. is stronger prospect for investments.(Oppenheimer Funds President Bridget...

Oppenheimer Funds CEO Bridget Macaskill told attendees of an International Assn. for Financial Planning that the growing role of women in the economy is transforming them into a fertile market for investment advice. Macaskill went on to discuss the factors which make women such likely targets for investment advice, such as the growth of the female workforce, their increase in wealth and the level of female corporate ownership.

Over the past five years, women as a market for investment advice has matured remarkably, and financial planners who ignore that market do so "at their o

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