05/18/2012

Should the Super Rich Be Richer?

In the past few days, the fight was just sparked in a very interesting direction by TED censoring one of its own talks about U.S. inequality and publicity for the soon-to-be-published book by Mitt Romney's former right-hand man at Bain Capital, Edwar

05/17/2012

Bank Of Montreal Looks To Singapore For Wealth Operations

The number of centa-millionaires - those with at least $100 million to invest - is expected to increase by 67% over the next four years in Singapore, according to The Wealth Report 2012 by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank.

05/15/2012

No country for rich men

From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's wealthiest people are disconnecting into a class of stateless transients.

05/15/2012

LPL Nabs $560M Team

LPL Financial announced that it has lured The Botsford Group, a regional advisory firm, to its wealth management platform, the company announced.

05/11/2012

Broker LPL venturing into little-loved mass market

LPL's new venture is in the early stages of development, but the Boston-based company says it will hire and train a network of self-employed advisers to offer investment advice to mass market consumers, defined by Cerulli Associates as those with les

05/10/2012

Top 21pc of bankers make up 46pc of Merrill's earnings

Nearly 46 per cent of the revenue received by Merrill Lynch's Global Wealth Management unit last year came from just 21 per cent of its top-producing brokers, about 2,500 people, according to copies of the reports reviewed by Reuters.