Wealth management

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.

Nearly three decades after launching their practice, the two founders say they’re looking forward to spending more time with clients.

Clients have gotten used to less in-person interaction and have reshaped their expectations and behavior accordingly, says Broadridge's Fred Duden.

The group leader, advisor Lars Olson, had been with the wirehouse since 1994.

The investment plays on a trend, “which is the blurring of the distinction between traditional insurance products and wealth management products.”

The firm is the latest in a line of big money managers making a late entry into the $5.6 trillion ETF market.

These 20 mutual funds and ETFs here are home to roughly $45 billion in assets.

Policy changes could deprive some politicians of significant campaign funds.

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

The move is about “expanding access to high quality growth investing to non-accredited investors,” says Upholdings CEO Robert Cantwell.

Firms will up their tech investments and continue rewards and punishments designed to shape advisor behavior, says recruiter Mark Elzweig.

The combination of wealth management with supporting sectors attracted investors to two major deals.

The future of referrals won’t be driverless but it will be largely remote and fueled by pre-COVID fundamentals.

Probabilistic forecasts provide a durable framework for a sound financial future, the author says, and offers some for the new year.

The top 20 more than doubled the gains of their fixed-income industry peers.

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 California company, which focuses on technology companies and entrepreneurs, will make a big push into wealth management as part of the proposed acquisition.

The private equity-backed RIA agreed to purchase its first firm of the year after being one of the most active acquirers in 2020.