Wealth management

Wells Fargo is dropping the Abbot Downing name for managing ultrarich clients’ money as wealth and investment management head Barry Sommers remakes the unit.

Goldman Sachs Group said it will commit $10 billion in investment capital over the coming decade to help address the disproportionate biases that Black women have faced for generations.

The Delaware company's pending purchase will create a bank with $43 billion of assets under management.

Several prominent Wall Street companies are considering moving some business to Florida, or are relocating outright.

JPMorgan Chase is stepping up its search for acquisition targets as competition intensifies from financial technology firms and other new rivals.

JPMorgan Chase is shutting its private banking business in Mexico, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as wealthy clients in some of Latin America’s largest economies move their money to international financial capitals.

The London company poured cold water on speculation a deal to divest its 152-branch network in the United States was imminent. But biding its time here while focusing on issues in other parts of its global operation could drive up the price in a seller’s M&A market.

Wells Fargo plans to sell its asset management business to two private equity firms, part of Chief Executive Charlie Scharf's efforts to dump nonessential operations and help the bank emerge from years of scandals.

The trust bank and the credit card company said they'll make it easier for customers to use cryptocurrencies. The announcements contributed to another jump in the price of the largest digital asset.

ATG Trust, which has $387 million of assets under management, handles land trusts and administers court-supervised guardianships.

Discovery Bank in South Africa and other overseas financial companies say healthier customers are more profitable. They are giving reward points, gym subsidies and even free Apple Watches to those who meet fitness goals.

A race for talent is heating up as Wells Fargo winds down the roughly $40 billion international segment of its wealth management business, with several firms competing to scoop up advisers and their lucrative client lists.

Scott Ford is the new president of the 1,400-employeee wealth management unit that caters to affluent clientele of the Minneapolis company.

Flush with capital from issuing subordinated debt, Peapack-Gladstone is exploring acquisitions in Florida and New York in an effort to generate more fee revenue.

The new global wealth division, which is being formed by combining the firm’s private bank with a unit that serves substantially less wealthy households, will be led by Citi veteran Jim O’Donnell.

Acquiring Boston Private could put the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank years ahead of schedule in catering to the investment needs of high-tech and biomedical clients, whose industries have thrived during the pandemic.

Rockefeller Capital Management will buy Whitnell & Co., a business Associated bought in 2017 that manages $1.4 billion of assets.

JPMorgan Chase is seeking to establish another Chinese joint venture in wealth management as the nation's financial opening has spurred a rush by global banks to capture a piece of a market that is estimated to grow to as much as $30 trillion in 2023.

The California company, which focuses on technology companies and entrepreneurs, will make a big push into wealth management as part of the proposed acquisition.