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Strategy
November 5, 2025

Wealth Transfer And Tough Family Conversations – The View From Advisors

This publication takes views from four different firms about how to frame conversations with

People Moves
November 5, 2025

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Robertson Stephens WM, Aprio

The latest appointments, personnel changes and moves in the North American wealth management

New Products
November 5, 2025

Schwab Advisor Services Takes "ProDirect" Program Up Another Gear

The US firm said it is developing the program at a time of continued "momentum" in the independent

Strategy
November 4, 2025

Numbers Don’t Lie: Family Offices Focus Less On Cybersecurity – And Risk More

Operational costs for family offices have risen, but the focus - so it seems - on cybersecurity has

M and A
November 4, 2025

MAI Capital Management Acquires Another RIA, Surpasses $65 Billion AuM

The transaction is MAI Capital's 17th since the start of 2024 and part of a powerful M&A trend in

Surveys
November 4, 2025

Business Owners Struggle With Telling NextGens Their Plans – BBH Survey

With tens of trillions of dollars in play as generations transfer assets, the survey from BBH finds

Trust Estate
November 4, 2025

SEI Says Clermont Trust USA Goes Live On Platform

SEI said that for years, access to robust, integrated platforms had been out of reach for those

People Moves
November 4, 2025

Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Lenox Advisors, Financial Planning Association, Others

The latest appointments, moves and personnel moves in North American wealth management.

Strategy
November 3, 2025

Will Integration Make Wealthspire An Industry Leader? 

Our US correspondent examines developments at Wealthspire – now under new ownership – and how

M and A
November 3, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management – Asset Mark, Efficient Advisors

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

Comment & Analysis results for Archive

Trust Estate
August 29, 2025

Administering An Estate With Artworks – Strategic Options

The challenges of managing artworks in estate plans can be complicated and financially – and

Trust Estate
August 25, 2025

What The Sector Has Gotten Wrong About “Great Wealth Transfer”

The wealth management sector has talked about a multi-trillion transfer of assets and liquid wealth

Legal
August 21, 2025

Executor Survival: Navigating Legal, Emotional Turbulence – Lawyers And Family

The emotional and financial costs of handling estate-related litigation can be severe, and not

Family Office
August 11, 2025

Getting Service Right For Family Offices – In Conversation With Northern Trust

We recently talked to the US-headquartered group about how it goes about serving family offices and

M and A
August 6, 2025

After The Honeymoon: How To Handle Post-M&A Integration Blues

Our US correspondent looks at the flurry of big merger and acquisition deals and how to handle the

Asset Management
July 7, 2025

Index Investing – How To Solve The "Reconstitution" Problem

We talk to Dimensional Fund Advisors about why index investing in the conventional sense raises a

Alt Investments
June 30, 2025

Biggest Fans Of Alternatives? Family Offices, UHNW Clients

Whatever questions arise about the increased noise around private markets – aka "alternatives"

Alt Investments
June 26, 2025

Alternatives Face Mounting Scrutiny, Skepticism

In the first of two articles looking at the growing use by HNW, affluent and even retail investors

Strategy
June 24, 2025

The Beautiful Game: How Citi Wealth Works With Sports Team Owners

With multi-millionaires and billionaires spending huge amounts on sports teams in the US and

Family Office
June 5, 2025

A Finger On The Pulse: Squire Patton Boggs' Family Office Practice

We talk to Squire Patton Boggs about its family office practice, the issues that affect this sector