Wealth management

Joe Skarda, who was previously managing director of JPMorgan Chase’s U.S. wealth management central division, will oversee a unit that houses Key’s private bank, family wealth and mass affluent business segments.

The Charlotte, N.C., company and the nonprofit Operation HOPE already partner to provide coaching at nearly two dozen counseling centers within Truist’s branches. They plan to add 26 more counseling hubs, serving 1,000 Truist branches, by 2025.

The San Diego company will pay $55 million to Morgan Stanley for a business that has 200 custody relationships, $23 billion of custodial assets and $1.2 billion of deposits.

After just 45 days on the job, the Citigroup CEO is jettisoning uncompetitive overseas operations, vowing to ramp up wealth management and touting the long-term importance of the company’s Banamex unit. More moves are on the way, she says.

Bank of Montreal agreed to sell its Europe, Middle East and Africa asset management unit to Ameriprise Financial for 615 million pounds ($847 million), marking CEO Darryl White’s biggest move yet to trim the bank’s portfolio of noncore businesses.

Too many Americans lack a sound grounding in personal financial management, which limits their opportunity to build long-term financial independence.

Jordan Summers, formerly the Detroit bank's chief fiduciary officer, succeeds Robert Sajdak as CEO. Sajdak recently retired after leading Credit Union Trust since its 2018 launch.

Business First Bancshares is counting on its acquisition of Smith Shellnut Wilson to help it offer more advisory services to commercial clients.

JPMorgan Chase said it plans to hire 300 additional Black and Latinx wealth advisers by 2025 to serve more clients from those communities and allow employees from diverse backgrounds to advance in their careers.

Free investment education and testing for risk tolerance are among the ways financial firms can better reach underserved consumers, former SEC chief Jay Clayton and Operation HOPE’s John Hope Bryant say.