#81: 'The Female Factor': why women CEOs outperform and how to invest in gender equality via an ETF with Patricia Lizarraga

<p>Patricia Lizarraga is an experienced independent corporate board director, Audit Committee Chair, Risk Committee member and Financial Expert for NYSE listed companies. &nbsp;She is a Wall Street executive with over 25 years of international mergers &amp; acquisitions, capital markets, private equity and valuation experience. &nbsp;</p> <p>Patricia founded Hypatia Capital in 2007, as a corporate finance advisory firm, and currently is an asset manager and sponsor of the Hypatia Women CEO ETF (NYSE: WCEO) and owner of the Hypatia Women Hedge Fund Index (HWIX) – Powered by Wilshire and the Hypatia Women CEO Index (HWCEO).</p> <p>Her current board experience includes John Hancock Group of Funds, where she serves on the Audit Committee, as well as Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE:BAP) and Banco de Credito del Peru, the largest financial services company and largest bank in Peru, respectively. &nbsp;</p> <p>We cover the following in our conversation:</p> <ul> <li>The Female Factor: why invest?</li> <li>The launch of the Hypatia Capital's Women CEO ETF (WCEO)</li> <li>How it came about &nbsp;and why invest in the ETF?</li> <li>How women and men can align their values with investing?</li> <li>Patricia shares her advice for women who are starting out on their investment journey</li> <li>And we talk about how to close the gender investing gap.</li> </ul> <p>***</p>