Saxo Bank Sees Global Rise In Female Investors

Shirin Aguiar

9 March 2022

Copenhagen-based equal representation, the trend is currently picking up in the right direction.”

The bank said it has achieved this through a “concerted and targeted effort to incentivise more women to trade and invest,” with client initiatives such as providing expert insights on investing, educational seminars, low brokerage fees, and referral programmes.

The top ten stocks preferred by the bank’s global female clients include Meta Platforms, Tesla, Nova Nordisk and Microsoft Meta Platforms, Apple, ASML Holding, iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF, Vestas Wind Systems, NVidia Corp, and Shell, in that order.

Within Singapore, female clients favour Tesla, Meta Platforms, iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF, Microsoft, iShares Core Emerging Markets IMI UCITS ETF, iShares Physical Gold, Apple, iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF, iShares Developed Markets Property Yield UCITS ETF, and iShares US Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF, the bank said in a statement.

The pandemic has also galvanised female investors in the UK many of whom started investing in the last two years, this publication reported last week.

To mark International Women’s Day, Saxo in Singapore will host a roundtable discussion entitled Her Money Magic on 23 March. Speakers from 100 Women in Finance, Sophia and StashAway will share their investment journeys during the event at Saxo’s new office at CapitaSpring. The event will also be live streamed.