The firm continues to see success with encouraging wealth clients to open banking accounts.

The brokerage giant sticks to more conservative approach to retail investing amid increasingly crowded market.

The company celebrated its 25th anniversary as a public company with net earnings of $700 million in its wealth unit. The profits were an improvement from its losses last year.

With a profit margin of 46% in the business segment and new converts using the firm's technology, BNY CFO Dermot McDonough said the company is in good shape.

Citi's CEO Jane Fraser assured investors Friday that the megabank was on the rebound from a corporate restructuring and regulatory actions.

The megabank saw a 15% increase in assets under management in its wealth management division in the second quarter.

Rising expenses from increasing asset values in client accounts also put a dent in the unit's bottom line in the second quarter.

The Toronto-based bank's U.S. subsidiary has taken in $15 billion in asset inflows in the past two years.

Like 2023, 2024 has been good to Edward Jones. The St. Louis-based firm finished the first quarter with higher revenues and more financial advisors on its payroll.

Executives at the Zurich-based bank say $27B in net new assets for the first quarter put the firm well on its way to its wealth management goals.