Karen Altfest Joins InvestmentNews Podcast To Discuss Women In Finance
Episode Summary
Dr. Karen Altfest, executive vice president at Altfest Personal Wealth Management, discusses the history of women in financial services and whether or not there has been meaningful progress. She, Jeff and Bruce look back at her extensive career to gain perspective on where things have improved for women, and where they still fall short. They also go into the importance of involving women clients in the family finances, and the often surprising results of doing so. Jeff and Bruce then quickly touch base on the breaking news that Dynasty Financial is filing for an IPO.
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Karen C. Altfest, CFP, Ph.D
Karen helps many of the firm’s clients on a variety of investment and financial planning issues, and specializes in helping women clients and widows. Karen’s Financially Savvy Woman® programs, including the Women’s Financial $pa®, are popular with clients. Her focus is to educate and empower women.
Karen is frequently a speaker on the subject of women and money, and conducts educational seminars for recent widows and people looking to retire. Karen is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, holds BA and MA degrees from Hunter College, and holds the CFP® designation. Karen received her Ph.D. in history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).
She was the Co-Director of the Financial Planning and Investments Program at The New School in New York City and the Coordinator of the Financial Planning program, a professional program for financial planners, which she originated at Pace University in White Plains, N.Y.