Wealth and Asset Management

Invesco founder and former CEO Charles W. Brady dies at 84

MAI Capital rolls up boutique financial planner Rodman Capital

Linda C. Mack is the 2019 recipient of The Family Wealth Alliance ‘Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement’.

Stifel Financial to sell asset management subsidiary to 1251 Capital Group

Donald Marron, Paine Webber CEO Who Sold to UBS, Dies at 85

Goldman Sachs to offer wealth management from $5,000

People Moves

State Street Names Chief Information Officer

Premier boutique law firm adds partner to Trusts and Estates Group

Citizens Financial Group announces senior appointments

d1g1t Strengthens Executive Leadership Team

Mark Wiseman leaving BlackRock after failing to disclose 'consensual relationship' with colleague

King & Spalding Elects 21 New Partners and Promotes Four Counsel Across Eight Offices

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Jefferies Settles SEC Claims Over ADR Transactions

BNY Mellon connects custody systems to SimCorp Dimesnion

Four big questions as CRA proposal nears official release

Battle royale: SEC locks horns with investors over proxy advisers

Ten key regulatory challenges of 2020

M&A roundup: Friedman, UHY, Blue and others strike deals

FinTech

Plain-Sailing Future For Trade Finance Digitization

TAG Bill Pay Shortlisted for the 2020 Family Wealth Report Awards

Equisoft Partners with Refinitiv to Deliver a Powerful Solution for Wealth Managers

SEI Renews Strategic Partnership with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

State Street Slashes DLT Developer Team as Bank Rethinks Blockchain Strategy

Instinet Launches Newport FX

Alternative Investments

Chubb Makes Equity Investment in African Trade Insurance Agency

Brandywine Global Receives Its 5th Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management Award

Boathouse Capital acquires Fresh Dining Concepts

Wells Fargo Advisors Offers Zero Commission Investing Opportunity

Leading US university endowments struggle to beat tracker funds

Five Star launches hedge fund targeting Las Vegas wealthy

Investment Banking

Absa will be ‘globally scalable’ with US presence

European banks slash $280bn from main US businesses

Stifel completes European acquisition

Bank of America Merrill Lynch incorporates 40 new model portfolios

U.S. banks' Brexit offices are ready in Paris and Frankfurt, but they're not hiring

BNY Mellon Investment Management "Fixed income. Not fixed thinking" National Research Study Finds Majority of Americans Surveyed Do Not Understand Fixed Income

Comment, Analysis & Research

World's Best Private Banks 2020: The Tough Get Going

AI Will Drive The Multi-Trillion Dollar Longevity Economy

Canadian pension funds look to tap private debt space in India

Billionaire Eli Broad Pledges $100 Million To Yale’s Business School

Citi Private Bank Issues Outlook 2020: Global Growth Can Endure Over the Coming Year

Q3 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report

Tax

Markowitz, Fenelon & Bank Joins Friedman

International community achieves unprecedented success fighting offshore tax evasion

INSIGHT: Double Taxation and the OECD Unified Approach—What it Means for U.S. Multinationals in China

Mercer Advisors Ramps Up Tax Preparation Division With Addition of Hewitt

The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota

OECD Digital Tax Proposals would Require Canadian Overhaul: C.D. Howe Institute

Retail Banking

BOK Financial Recognized Among the World’s Best Employers by Forbes

Consolidated platforms bring wealth monitoring and planning to one place

Franklin Resources announces preliminary Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results

City National Bank Expands to Miami and Long Island and Adds New Hollywood Office

Tech Firms Are Building Bridges Across The Moats That Protected Banks

Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Customer Insight & Growth Banking Innovation Awards

ESG

Social issues take back seat to environmental concerns

BMO adds ESG funds to LifeStrategy rival range

Climatescope 2019 by BloombergNEF

Carbon Neutral Isn’t Enough

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

MarketAxess Raises Funds for Emerging Market Communities