
Margarida Correia
Former associate editorMargarida Correia is a former associate editor of the Employee Benefits Group and of Bank Investment Consultant.

Margarida Correia is a former associate editor of the Employee Benefits Group and of Bank Investment Consultant.
The bank's brokerage services generated $64 million in fourth-quarter revenue, up 12% year-over-year.
The $47 million year-over-year decline was due to foregone revenue resulting from the sale of asset management firm RidgeWorth Capital Management in the second quarter of 2014.
JP Morgan Private Bank and JP Morgan Securities generated $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, up 4% year-over-year. Meanwhile, the number of advisors fell.
The firm will offer advisors expanded trust services and support with multi-generational family planning.
Banks are expected to start rolling out digital wealth management offerings this year that could attract young clients who favor a mix of technology and personal advice.
The firm was sanctioned for failing to review the incoming and outgoing email correspondence of its registered reps.
Bank wealth management has been on a tear, but pressures such as recruiting and robos threaten to the slow down the momentum. Heres how banks are fighting back.
Three of the four formed a team with $218 million in assets under management.
After a 10-year stretch with CUSO, Oregon's biggest credit union has switched its investment services program to Raymond James.
The advisor allegedly solicited and received loans totaling $56,000 from two customers in violation of the firms' policies.
Third-quarter sales of annuities receded to $56.9 billion, down 5% from the previous quarter and 1% from the same period last year.
Mark Evans will provide investment advice to clients of Ascent Private Capital Management. He is the second managing director of investments to join Ascent's Minneapolis office.
The rep was expelled for allegedly cashing a $12,000 third-party check that was later found to have been stolen and the payee's endorsement forged.
The 6,800-plus-square-foot office in Silicon Valley will allow the firm to serve its growing client base in the area, while also being near one of the country's top technology centers.
The broker involved in the dispute invested 40% of the clients' assets in short positions in U.S. Treasury bonds betting that interest rates and inflation would rise.
The SEC charged the firm with violating federal securities laws by providing unregistered cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services to U.S. clients.
The San Diego-based advisor allegedly participated in private securities transactions that resulted in two elderly investors losing more than $340,000.
Rather than relying entirely on themselves, self-directed investors are consulting more sources of investment information and advice, including real live advisors.
Bank and thrift holding companies generated record revenue from their wealth management businesses in the first half of 2014. Here are the top 10 banks whose wealth management programs grew the fastest during this period year-over-year.
The unit is aggressively pursuing modest mass-affluent investors with less than $500,000 in investible assets and its effort appears to be paying off.