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New foundation offers startup grant to aspiring women advisers

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A new grant to help women launch their own advisory firm is offered by a foundation honoring an adviser who died young

Lucy Shair only operated her financial advisory firm for a few months, dying at age 43 before she could fulfill her career vision.

Her professional legacy is to enable others to fulfill theirs.

The new Lucy Shair Foundation for Women in Finance was created by her friends and family to award on

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