Gender on Wall Street

Uncovering Opportunities for Women in Financial Services
By Laura Mattia
27^th June
£24.99 | $34.99 | Hardcover | 978-3-319-75549-6

With more than 30 years of high-profile financial leadership experience, Laura Mattia PhD, MBA, CFP® addresses the gender gap in the financial service industry in her new book, using timely, in-depth research and insights to provide women who work there (or plan to) with a navigation tool for a successful career.

Offering a unique perspective on the #metoo movement, Gender on Wall Street aims to focus power back on women and teach them how to develop key skills, increase their confidence, and stand up for themselves effectively in the competitive financial industry.

Mattia uses a combination of academic research, personal stories, and anecdotes from other women to show how women can succeed in an industry which is not doing enough to support them in advancing their careers. She argues that too many women who enter the industry get frustrated and quickly leave, but that the key is for women to be taught how to support each other and take their careers into their own hands. This book gives them the tools to do that.

Written by a former Senior Financial Executive for several Fortune 500 firms including M&M Mars, a Wealth Manager/Owner of a fee-only Registered Investment Advisory firm, and Professor of financial planning at the University of South Florida, this book helps women identify pitfalls, create game plans to transcend the limitations of their workplace cultures, and learn how to collaborate with their peers to create healthier work environments.

Gender on Wall Street helps women identify the internal and external obstacles to their success. It also provides a means of overcoming these obstacles through conscious engagement, personal reflection and strategy-building exercises at the conclusion of each chapter. The book outlines how women can create their own personal career plan—the STAR plan—which will help them achieve career success.* 

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About the author
Laura Mattia, PhD, CFP^® CDFA^® CRPS^® is a professor, researcher, author and adviser. Her financial expertise is a unique combination of advanced financial degrees and certifications and over 30 years of financial leadership experience as a CFO/Controller for fortune 500 companies and Wall Street firms; as a Wealth Manager/Owner for individuals preparing for retirement, and as a Finance Professor at universities. Dr. Mattia is the founder of Women’s Money Empowerment Network™, a community of women engaged in mastering money to improve their lives.  The network provides education to women and mentorship to female financial advisers.  She hosts an internet radio show, Women’s Money Empowerment Network™ with Laura Mattia and she is the author of a financial news column and financial workbooks used to educate women.  Dr. Mattia’s workshops focus on teaching women how to make effective financial decisions and support female financial advisors to plan for success.  Her research explores the gender gap in financial literacy and in financial leadership. Dr. Mattia is also the Program Director of a newly created Personal Financial Planning Program at Muma College of Business, University of South Florida where she has designed the degree to train a new breed of competent and ethical financial advisors.  She received her Ph.D. in Personal Financial Planning from Texas Tech University, a Masters in Business Administration in Accounting/Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Montclair State University.

*A portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the "Empowering Women in Financial Services Scholarship" at Muma College of Business, University of South Florida.

For more information or to get in touch with the author please contact:
Rebecca Krahenbuhl – Communications Manager, Palgrave Macmillan
rebecca.krahenbuhl@palgrave.com, +44 020 7014 6634