Life - Articles - 42 percent of women look to family for financial advice

 A survey of 3,000 people by Canada Life has revealed that 42% of women will go to their family for financial advice, followed by money advice websites (35%), financial advisers (27%), friends and colleagues (23%) and government websites or helplines (20%). In contrast, men are much less likely to go to family for advice (27%), preferring to go to money advice websites (35%) or financial advisers (30%).

 When we asked those with a financial adviser what they were seeking advice on, the most common response amongst men and women was ‘retirement or pension planning’ at 50% and 42% respectively. For women this was followed by ‘finding investments’ (35%) and finding a mortgage (34%). ‘Finding investments’ also came second for men at 47%, however this was followed by ‘wealth and inheritance planning’ for 38% of men (compared to 27% of women).

 Lara Bealing, marketing director at Canada Life comments: “The financial advice profession should take the positives from the survey as they feature highly as a source of advice by both women and men. However, there are also key questions to be asked about how the advice and wider financial services industry can work together to make financial advice more accessible and inclusive. Personal finance can be incredibly complicated, and a financial adviser will always be best placed to help navigate life’s up and downs and help ensure we all reach our goals.”