News, Comment & Analysis results for Archive

M and A
April 16, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – EP Wealth Advisors

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

People Moves
April 16, 2025

InvestCloud Continues Managed Accounts Platform Growth, Names COO

The APL managed accounts platform of the wealthtech firm powers more than $3 trillion of assets

People Moves
April 16, 2025

Citi Wealth Names Head Of Art Advisory

The world of fine art is an important topic for many HNW and ultra-HNW individuals and also a

Compliance
April 16, 2025

Verifying Accredited Investor Status Under Updated Rules – A Fund Administrator's View

Changes to how US Accredited Investors can be certified will encourage, so the author says, more

Alt Investments
April 15, 2025

CAIS Builds Capital Markets Division

CAIS is one of several firms, such as iCapital (US) and Moonfare (Germany) that have opened access

Surveys
April 15, 2025

Advisors Worldwide Optimistic About Private Markets

Adams Street Partners 2025 Advisor Outlook highlights rising demand for access to private markets.

Investment Strategies
April 15, 2025

UBS GWM Upgrades US Equities To Attractive Amidst Tariff Turmoil

After US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on goods entering the US, and subsequently

Financial Results
April 14, 2025

First Quarter 2025 Net Income Rises At JP Morgan's Wealth, Asset Arm

The US banking titan announced first-quarter 2025 financial results, as the quarterly reporting

People Moves
April 14, 2025

Summary Of Moves In North American Wealth Management - February 2025

With a big-news story at Hightower – a new CEO and the departure of its predecessor – February

Financial Results
April 14, 2025

Morgan Stanley's Q1 2025 Net Revenues Rise

The inflow of net new assets at Morgan Stanley was about the same as the figure for a year

Comment & Analysis results for Archive

Company Profiles
June 30, 2023

US Wealth Sector In Transition – Filling Gaps In Advisory Space

The firm interviewed here by FWR argues that the independent advisor market, especially sub $500

Family Business Insights
June 29, 2023

How Storytelling Delivers Actionable Ideas To Family Business Owners

Family-owned firms are the backbone of the North American economy, and important sources of HNW

Philanthropy
June 14, 2023

CAF American Donor Fund Explains Transatlantic Philanthropy Model

A donor-advised fund that gives a dual-qualified solution for UK and US clients has spoken to this

Wealth Strategies
June 8, 2023

US-Based Deciens Capital Gets Radical About Banking, Finance

The unintended results of government bank regulation may explain a lack of dynamism and indifferent

Trust Estate
May 23, 2023

A Walk Around The US Trusts Toolkit – In Conversation With Arden

Arden Trust Company, which has existed in its current guise since a corporate spin-out in 2019,

Strategy
May 19, 2023

BOOK REVIEW: In Defence Of Capitalism, By Rainer Zitelmann

While unlikely to sway those already hostile to the free market economic system, this book puts a

Statistics
May 16, 2023

The Expatriation List: Misunderstood But Important US Tax Policy Guide

A “List” of US citizens who have chosen to renounce their citizenship has some shortcomings as

M and A
April 24, 2023

RIA Mergers And Acquisitions Dip In Q1, Halcyon Era Of Overbidding Cooling Off

The business of wealth management M&A in North America has changed from the frenetic pace of recent

Investment Strategies
April 24, 2023

Hidden Cash In Portfolio Hampers Returns: What Clients Are Doing – Part 2

"Hidden cash" can be a problem – for example money market funds held inside investment accounts.

WM Market Reports
March 22, 2023

Tech Traps Wealth Managers Must Avoid 2023

The latest edition of our regular "Tech Traps" reports.