Managers of Wealth Americas

Will U.S. Markets Maintain Lead Into 2015?

As 2015 gets under way, investors face a divided landscape: an improved U.S. economy and weakness just about everywhere else.

Private Equity Not So Private as Fees Revealed at Blackstone

Two of the biggest private-equity firms are disclosing fees that had largely been hidden as U.S. regulators demand increased transparency from the industry.

Activists Are on a Roll, With More to Come

Shareholder activists targeted sellers of everything from breadsticks to Botox in 2014.

Something new for 2015: fatter paychecks

Enjoying gas prices? How about the cash still in your pocket after each fill-up?

Volatility feeds investment focus

In previous years, this type of advice may have fallen on deaf ears

Financial Advisors Live In a Meritocracy

We live in a time where consumers have an abundance of options

Global household wealth increases by 8.3%

Credit Suisse provides the most comprehensive and reliable source of information available on global household wealth.

Activist hedge funds, CTAs Big Winners In 2014

While nearly half of fund managers expected to return between 5% and 6% at the end of 2014

While you were sleeping: Fresh US records, Greek elections

Greece’s ASE Index closed with a loss of 3.9 percent

Investors eye 2015 with big appetite for hedge funds

Wealthy investors are poised to put at least $90 billion into hedge funds next year, even after returns have largely been lackluster this year, research firm eVestment said on Tuesday.

Buildling A Wealth Management Team

The rewards for financial advisors who transition to a wealth management orientation are significant.

As wealth gap divides the rich from others, tangled feelings intrude in sibling relationships

When Jayson Seaver thinks about why he makes so much money while some Americans can't catch a break, he thinks of the sacrifices he's made, the jobs he worked to pay for college, the 12-hour days he spends at the office now.

Investors Beware: Financial Experts Might Be Making Huge Mistakes with Their Forecasts For 2015

We’d be entering 2015 in just a few more days and this is a time when you’d see the financial media start pumping out outlooks that financial experts have for the upcoming year and how investors should invest.

A No Man’s Land of Wealth Management

Over a few rounds of Christmas cheer, we were discussing the many ways traditional advisers help their clients.

Manulife’s focus on wealth called ‘positive’ for invest

Manulife said the New York Life transaction will be only modestly accretive to core return on equity in the medium term, with no material short-term impact to core earnings per share.

Banking industry is on course for 'next collapse'

Double entry accounting helped give birth to banking as did trade. A method to exchange credit for purchases for business was needed.

Wells Fargo: Focus On Wealth, Brokerage And Retirement Continues To Pay Dividends

Wells Fargo Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement operating segment is one the largest wealth managers within the United States.

The 25 Best Skiers On Wall Street

We’ve also found some younger skiers who are heading to Wall Street when they’re finished with school.

JPMorgan Embraces 'The World's Dumbest Idea'

We believe customers are number one. Employees number two. Shareholders number three

U.S. Economic Growth Is Strongest Since 2003

The U.S. economy posted its strongest growth in 11 years during the third quarter, supported by robust consumer spending and business investment.

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