“A lot of women have been self-selecting out of the industry,” says Bennett, citing films such as “The Big Short” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” for giving young women a negative impression of the industry. In fact, she says, areas such as wealth investment and impact investing have a lot of opportunities for women.

“We are asking all of our members to join us in addressing the chronic issue of gender disparity,” said Paul Smith, chief executive officer of the CFA Institute. “The time to end the woeful under-representation of women in the investment management industry is now.”

Women are better represented in many Asian countries, particularly China, where they make up half of those taking the CFA exam, and Vietnam, where they are more than 40 percent.

This article was provided by Bloomberg News.

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