‘Women are built for this business’

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The summer months may bring warm, sunny days on beaches or roasting marshmallows around the campfire while singing “Country Roads, Take Me Home”, but it also brings something else to add on that vacation checklist: a nomination!

Have you met a women advisor lately who impacted your day, week or month? Maybe someone you know is making strides in the industry that you want others to know about? If you answered yes to either or both questions, consider nominating them – or even yourself – for an award!

Not just any nomination or award. InvestmentNews is proud to announce that nominations have opened for the 2024 Women to Watch Awards, taking place on Wednesday, November 6 at Tribeca 360 New York.

The most promising and deserving individuals, chosen through an objective selection process and verified by an expert panel of independent judges, will be highlighted and honored at the Women to Watch Awards gala in the 5-star style they deserve.

Click here to nominate your candidate for a Women to Watch Award.

Past winner of the 2023 InvestmentNews Women to Watch Rising Star Advisor of the Year award, Brittney Olinger, financial advisor at Koss Olinger, believes all industry trends point toward women being a very important piece of the puzzle in the wealth management and investment industry.

“We’ve all read the studies about wealth transfer, and we can see in our daily lives, the more active role that women are taking in their household finances, personal finances and in the investment space,” Olinger said. “As an industry, we have to make sure we’re keeping up with that, because our client base is certainly evolving, and we have to as well.

“[Nominating] the women in our industry, who continue to step up and drive progress, is a