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.

07/01/2012

Global Wealth Makes Its Move

Private wealth fell 0.9% to $38 trillion in North America in 2011, yet rose 10.7% to $23.7 trillion in the Asia-Pacific region. Welcome to the new reality of a so-called "two-speed world."

06/28/2012

Charities Still Love Wall Street Bankers

The master of ceremonies made a mistake as he named John Thain one of the year’s best dads, introducing him as the chief executive officer of Citigroup.

06/21/2012

Peltz Said to Have Pressed Lazard on Cutting Banker Compensation

At a series of meetings starting in March, Peltz and Ed Garden, one of his co-founders at Trian Fund Management LP, told Lazard Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Jacobs the firm paid bankers more than deal flow or productivity merited, said the people, who