Marketing

"Truist" was roundly mocked when it was unveiled as the name of the merging BB&T and SunTrust, but it’s hardly the first bank moniker to elicit a "huh?" from critics.

Judging by day one on social media, you’d think the new Truist brand was a flop. But marketing and branding experts say the name has a lot going for it. What matters most will be how the two banks advocate for the name.

The combined company will be known as Truist, which plays off “trust,” a word the banks’ original names had in common.

ETF Managers Group, best known for the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF, signed on as the official sponsor of the UFC fighter nicknamed the Boa Constrictor.

High-AUM RIAs at TD Ameritrade’s Elite LINC tell how they grew their firms when they were starting out.

Here are the top five areas of design to consider when developing a new brand and core message.

As Columbia Threadneedle’s head of North America marketing, Leslie Walstrom is focused on elevating the division beyond the traditional sales support.

The first of her family to work in financial services, Dina Santoro leads the strategic product and marketing agenda for Voya Investment Management.

Since joining the firm more than a decade ago, Kristen Capuano says her team has grown five-fold and now "handles all of our performance reporting.”

The firm hopes the changes reflect its image as a “powerful, innovative and unified provider” of investment products, according to co-CEO Nico Marais.