07/09/2012

Wealthy families may have more money than most but.....

While an overwhelming majority of those polled said their spouse/partner is comfortable with how financial decisions are made, 1 in 5 said that they feel their spouse/partner is stressed by their lead or participation in the process, with several notable

07/08/2012

Buffett Makes Annual Donation To Bill Gates Foundation

Warren Buffett, the billionaire who pledged to donate most of his wealth to charity, contributed stock valued at $1.52 billion in his annual gift to the foundation created by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates.

07/05/2012

Wanted: female financial advisers

Women are significantly under-represented in the financial planning profession, with only one quarter of financial planners being female. So what are we doing to correct this imbalance?

07/05/2012

Defecting US brokers bring along $59 billion assets ‎

“We’re seeing bigger teams now making bold moves and moving to another wirehouse or out of the space completely,” said Alois Pirker, research director at the Boston-based Aite Group, which studies wealth management trends.

07/03/2012

Barclays resignations rattle U.S. wealth unit

The venerable British bank was halfway toward completing a $500 million, five-year plan to build a brokerage franchise aimed at wealthy Americans when Robert Diamond, the Massachusetts-born chief executive who authorized the plan, resigned.

07/03/2012

Banks Generate $118 Billion in Wealth Management Income

The increase comes despite a lackluster fourth quarter in which wealth management income swooned to $26.11 billion, down 17.8% from $31.75 billion the year before and the industry’s weakest quarter since the beginning of 2009.

07/02/2012

Tiger 21 Expands Peer-to-Peer Feedback Program ‎

Since the organization's inception, the Portfolio Defense has become a major part of the membership experience – so much so that TIGER 21 registered "Portfolio Defense" as a trademark in 2009.