The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.
Erdoes, CEO of asset and wealth management, leads more than 30,000 employees with 15 direct reports and helps manage the bank's $5.4 trillion in client assets.
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With the November acquisition of Adenza, a risk management and regulatory reporting software provider, Nasdaq continued the fintech expansion that Friedman has championed since she took the CEO job in 2017.
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Hung joined State Street Global Advisors in December 2022, following a 12 year stint at New York Life Investments, including 7 1/2 years as its CEO.
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Merrill Wealth Management added a record 37,500 net new clients in 2023, up nearly 50% from 2022, and added $38 billion AUM from clients in 2023, nearly five times its AUM increase in 2022.
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Portney leads the bank's largest business unit, asset servicing. The group's assets under custody and administration neared $50 trillion in the second quarter, setting a record for BNY and the financial industry.
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In her daily duties at BNY, Smits, who is originally from the Netherlands and now based in Britain, leads the bank's seven investment firms which have a combined $2 trillion in assets.
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