05/28/2015
Bank of America is looking for a few good wealth managers
Members of the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade of the North Carolina Army National Guard salute.
Wealth and Asset Management
05/28/2015
Google executive chairman’s family office moves into hedge funds
By comparison, the still largely East Coast - based U.S. hedge fund business seems buttoned-up, preppy and almost normal.
05/27/2015
Private equity takes aim at family offices
By aiming at these new pools of wealth, private equity is looking to reduce its reliance on state and corporate pension plans
05/27/2015
Big Problem for Billionaire Clients: Who Gets the Family Business?
Many of the nation's billionaires are self-made, having bested their competitors and built massive fortunes.
05/27/2015
RMB Capital Expands to Washington, D.C.
RMB Capital , an independent financial services firm with more than $4.3 billion in assets under management (AUM), announced today that it has expanded its wealth management business into Washington, D.C.
05/27/2015
What TV Can Teach Us About Managing Wealth
Empire may be the most blatant example, but there is a lot that can be learned about wealth management -- good and bad -- from watching television.
05/27/2015
Aberdeen acquires $6.3bn US private equity firm
Pakenham Partners served as financial advisers to Aberdeen on this transaction; Berkshire Capital served as financial advisors for FLAG.
05/27/2015
Asset managers beat the bushes to woo reclusive family offices
They trot out celebrity executives, hold conferences and make sweetened investment offers to bring in private wealth to private equity
05/26/2015
TD Bank Launches Annual Campaign with Employees, Customers, to Support Special Olympics
The Special Olympics fundraising program runs from May 18 through June 26, 2015.
05/26/2015
RBC, City National off to friendly start ahead of $5.4-billion takeover
Working closely with Blair Fleming, head of RBC’s U.S. capital markets unit, the two banks signed off on the loan within 72 hours.
05/26/2015
Julius Baer May Get Lighter U.S. Penalty
Authorities could take into account the bank’s efforts to notify them of possible tax evasion
05/26/2015
KKR Rolls Out Petraeus in Hunt for $4 Trillion of Family Wealth
It was an invitation too good to resist
05/24/2015
Warren Buffett thinks the poor should stop blaming inequality on the rich
People need to stop blaming the rich for income inequality in America
05/22/2015
Santander expands wealth management services
The service is geared to customers with about $250,000 of deposits and investments.
05/22/2015
How Firms Are Attracting Millennial Advisors
Despite all the talk about the aging financial advisor force, the industry still has a problem attracting and retaining young talent.
05/22/2015
Swiss banks in U.S. criminal probe face longer wait - U.S. ambassador
The largest bank in that group was Credit Suisse
05/22/2015
Is Canada the New Switzerland? Safe reputation abroad seen driving Toronto’s condo boom
Canada’s reputation as a safe country to live and bank is luring buyers from abroad and driving the housing boom in Toronto.
05/22/2015
Compass Wealth Services adviser selected for Raymond James program
The institute was developed to help financial advisers in their consulting practices through educational programs
05/21/2015
Raymond James in sweet spot as big banks shrink
That leaves regional banks from $20 billion to $50 billion in assets in a sweet spot
05/21/2015
The Value Of Wealthy Clients For Professionals
When it comes to the wealthy, the math on the asset side of the profit and loss statement is pretty simple.