As we open the GenderSmart Investing Summit 2022 today, Suzanne Biegel reflects on the key actions needed to move the field forward and shift the needle in both numbers and impact. What do we most need to do to move more capital with more velocity and to greater effect?

Emma Wheeler, Head of Women’s Wealth at UBS Global Wealth Management, on the increasing importance of gender-smart investing solutions for advisors and how the financial services industry is unlocking women’s wealth.

Seema Hingorani has been CIO of the New York City Retirement Systems, founded nonprofit Girls Who Invest and investment firm SevenStep Capital to address the diversity gap in investment management, and nearly two years ago joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management as a Managing Director on the senior leadership team. She speaks to GenderSmart about the evolution of her gender-focused investing approach and finding investment talent in surprising places.

Mara Harvey is the Head of Client Services, Global Wealth Management at UBS, where she founded and led a global program to better serve female clients and build the organisation’s capacity for gender-smart investment. She spoke to GenderSmart about what it takes to bring about real transformation within a large organisation, better data, and why unlocking women’s wealth is critical to the success of any financial institution.