Yeshaya joined Morgan Stanley as a college intern and returned after graduation as an investment banking analyst. She rose up in the fixed income division before being chosen by CEO James Gorman to be his chief of staff in 2015.

Knox has run the private bank since 2018. It is one of two units in Bank of America's private wealth and investment management division, along with Merrill Wealth Management.

Pennington has been with Edward Jones since 2000. She has held such positions as financial advisor; principal, branch and region development and principal, client strategies group before being named managing partner.

In addition to her work as global head of Citigroup's Citi Private Bank, Liu also co-leads the bank's Asian affinity network.

Cohen serves as BlackRock's senior managing director and chief investment officer of ETF and index investments, leading a majority female team.

When it comes to charity, last year wealthy families gave differently — and invested differently.

Overall, customers expressed greater satisfaction with their retirement plans' websites and mobile apps this year, but experts say there's still much room for improvement.

For the bottom 80% of households by income, bank deposits and other liquid assets were lower in June this year than they were in March 2020.

High interest rates, low volatility and conservative investors have transformed the dealmaking environment for startups. But insiders say the dark clouds that once watered wealthtech's money trees come with a few silver linings.

The serial entrepreneur and startup investor says loyalty and trust will go a long way as the "free money" runs dry.