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.
Duckett, president and CEO at TIAA, regularly calls attention to the fact that more than 40% of Americans don't have enough savings to retire, and the percentage is even worse for women and minority groups.
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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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Milrod has led the bank's foray into digital finance and its efforts to become more product-driven.
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Martin manages NYSE's five equity exchanges — NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NYSE National and NYSE Chicago — plus its two options exchanges, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE American Options.
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