Economy

A slower-than-expected rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines and the threat of social unrest after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol could threaten the recovery, according to an American Bankers Association panel.

A wave of corporations have made changes to their PAC giving since a mob supporting President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol last week.

The new global wealth division, which is being formed by combining the firm’s private bank with a unit that serves substantially less wealthy households, will be led by Citi veteran Jim O’Donnell.

The founding partners of the 300-advisor OSJ will remain in their current roles for three years under the same structure as before the deal.

The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department relaunched the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday to new borrowers, prioritizing loans from community lenders.

Whitnell & Co. changed hands in a deal with a regional bank that also struck a strategic partnership with the wealth manager.

The firm credited keeping its offices open during COVID-19 as a major selling point as FAs industrywide kept making moves and repapering their clients.

The IBD completed a stellar recruiting year by adding a team led by a 30-year veteran advisor.

“The expectation of sustained volatility in the medium term has re-invigorated hedge fund appeal,” BlackRock and Juniper Place said in their report.

The firm’s use of third-party compliance vendors came under scrutiny after an ex-rep pleaded guilty to bilking clients out of $5 million.