Top financial guidance for alpha females

Wealthy women are increasingly enlisting the help of a matchmaker to assist with finding a long and trusting relationship. These women are not looking for love — but someone to grow their wealth.

According to figures from findawealthmanager.com, which helps investors to choose a firm to handle their money, the past three months brought a 50 per cent rise in female users looking for discretionary investment management. They are mostly in demanding professions such as law, accountancy or banking, says Lee Goggin, the co-founder of findawealthmanager.com.

“Everyone needs to make their money work as hard as possible. It’s easy to see why professional females like the idea of an expert taking responsibility,” he says.

Hannah Edwards at BRI Wealth Management says: “Average earnings, board participation