Wealth management

Sam Kiefer built his career serving high-net-worth families in Boston’s non-profit, philanthropic, healthcare and sports industry circles.

Financial planner Ed Guanill is joining author and RIA Keith Springer at his Sacramento, Calif.-based firm, Springer Financial Advisors.

There are certain questions RIAs should ask before making a transition to a new broker-dealer. Pat McEvoy, President of Woodbury Financial Services, spoke with Financial Planning about his thoughts on what these questions should be.

The SEC could be hunkered down conducting cost-benefit analyses on each new rule-making it undertakes, including the scores coming out of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

Here's a slideshow highlighting the top seven investing advice books on Amazon, sorted by reader reviews.

The asset custodian and back-office technology provider is betting that the two systems will enhance the Intelligent Integration platform that it launched almost two years ago.

Investment banker Gene Katz will be leaving William Blair & Co. to oversee corporate development and finance as Chief Development Officer at TAG.

Advisor Xi is Tamarac’s comprehensive suite of investment and technology solutions for RIAs. The $54 million deal gives Envestnet’s clients access to those services.

Here are acronyms you will need to keep track of as clearing of what can be considered exchange-traded swaps starts up.

F-Squared Investments, an investment firm and RIA, has named industry veteran Mark Marinella, a former executive vice president and Global CIO of State Street Global Advisors, as its new head of investments.

Viteos, known predominantly as a fund administrator and operations support provider for hedge funds, has expanded its operations, accounting and reporting services to family office RIA firms.

Bennett Gross was previously director of wealth management for Pacific Wealth Advisors.

For bank reps looking to advance their careers, there’s no better news than a promotion or a job offer that’s too good to refuse. Here’s a sampling of bank reps who were either promoted or moved to new organizations to assume roles of greater responsibility from January 25 to February 9 of this year.

Former Morgan Stanley senior executive, advisor joins Beverly Hills Wealth Management as new senior vice president.

Raymond James is being more diligent about highlighting its RIA business as an attractive place for the industry’s best advisors.

Twenty-five-year financial planning veteran Bruce Laning will oversee individual and corporate retirement accounts at Baker Tilly Investment Advisors.

Independent wealth management firm Gresham Partners hopes that Bonaguidi’s experience and contacts within the company will enhance their wealth planning strategies.

Patrick Goshtigian takes the helm as the firm continues an expansion that began in 2005, via core operations and acquisitions.

Credit Suisse said its Wealth Management clients contributed net new assets of $4.4 billion in the fourth quarter, even as its investment banking business took a steep plunge that led to a loss for the company as a whole.

The seven hedge fund benchmark indexes operated by alternative investment manager IndexIQ on average rose more than 3% in January, according to January 2012 performance data released by the firm.