New Study: Booming Investment in Funds that Empower Women

Who conducted the study? Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

What did it find? 

  • 2019:  $4.8 billion invested in “gender-lens-related” funds
  • That’s more than double the $2.2 billion from 2018
  • 59% growth in the number of funds that want to make a direct impact on women

Philadelphia Inquirer | Investing in funds that empower women boomed in 2019, Wharton study finds