The Latest

  • Josh Merrill is the cofounder and CEO of Confirm. He was previously Chief Product Officer and second employee at Carta, an equity management platform. He has been building web products since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in 2005.

    November 18
  • A new Fidelity report showed that despite the pressures of inflation, most people with 401(k)s kept contributions steady in the third quarter.

    November 17
    Fidelity Investments' report on retirement readiness amid economic pressures reveals surprising differences among age groups.
  • The loss is one of many for Citi to Merrill in recent months, and reflects the wirehouse's recruiting advantages despite its own talent outflows to rivals.

    November 17
  • Graham Gordon joined Sapiens in 2021 as Product & Strategy Director for P&C from LexisNexis Risk where he led several new vehicle data and connected car products. Prior to this Graham was part of the Senior Leadership team as Director of Marketing at telematics specialist, Masternaut (Michelin) where he led several key data and analytics initiatives, including forming much of the early analysis and commercial understanding of the value of driver-behavior in the commercial fleet and consumer car sector. Graham holds a bachelor's degree from Lancaster University, post-graduate qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and more recently completed his master's degree from the University of Cambridge, graduating from the Judge Business School's Executive MBA Program.    

    November 17
  • Reports and recruiters say that smaller firms, more flexibility and greater diversity are increasingly popular with industry job seekers

    November 17
    With a massive shortage of advisors, the wealth management industry is using creative ways to recruit talent.
  • Founder Toussaint Bailey seeks to deploy "a direct indexing experience in the private markets" toward areas such as education, small businesses and sustainability.

    November 17
    Toussaint Bailey, Uplifting Capital
  • As a veteran in the insurance industry, Sean brings nearly 30 years of experience and expertise to Lemonade as Chief Claims Officer. In this role he's responsible for claim handling policies, procedures, and execution across all US and EU territories for Lemonade's full book of insurance products spanning renters, home, pet, car, and life.

    Prior to joining Lemonade, Sean spent more than 25 years at USAA  holding various leadership positions, the latest being Chief Claims Officer where he had oversight of claim handling for all personal  and small commercial lines of business. During his tenure, the company doubled in size, becoming the third-largest homeowners and fifth-largest auto insurer in the US, all while delivering industry-leading loss adjustment expenses and being consistently recognized as the highest rated in claims service by JD Power.

    November 17
  • The founder of the JLL Income Property Trust non-traded REIT thinks real estate deserves a place on advisors' list of alternative investments.

    November 17
  • Leave the pitch deck at the office and treat the prospect like they're already a client, counsels the director of a global sales training company.

    November 16
  • Mike Shultz is a bestselling author of Rainmaking Conversations, Insight Selling, Virtual Selling, and Not Today: The 9 Habits of Extreme Productivity. He is the director of the RAIN Group Center for Sales Research, and president of RAIN Group, a global sales training company that delivers results through in-person and virtual sales training, coaching, and reinforcement.

    November 16
    Mike Shultz