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Calamos hires senior Blackrock distribution leader as head of RIA distribution

Thomas Kiley III will lead RIA strategy and distribution at Calamos, in a newly created role. He joins from Blackrock where he spent 18 years in the RIA segment as Managing Director. Calamos CEO Koudounis said “RIAs represent the fastest … Continue reading

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The Boom of the Family Office and how to tap into it

DBS Private Bank and the Economist Intelligence Unit just published „the family office boom: contrasts between east and west“, with some interesting data points and anecdotes. And since asset managers are focusing more and more on wealth management and service … Continue reading

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300B RIA Creative Planning Acquires ML&R Wealth Management

Creative Planning with $300 billion in assets under management and advisors in all 50 states and 90 countries is a behemoth of the RIA world… and it keeps scooping up smaller players. On April 2, 2024 Creative Planning CEO Peter … Continue reading

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$18B RIA Sequoia Financial Acquires AltruVista to add wealth management for entrepreneurs

The fast growing US RIA market continues to consolidate, as larger RIAs scoop up smaller ones to add geographical footprint and additional services and client segments. Yesterday Akron based Sequoia Financial Group announced the acquisition of AltruVista in Houston. Sequoia … Continue reading

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Changing paradigm for HNW investing: don’t bring sand to the beach

Younger HNW investors are much more comfortable investing in tangible assets than in stocks and other traditional asset classes. U.S. Trust in its annual Wealth and Worth study discovers a number of surprising and counterintuitive trends among HNW investors. For … Continue reading

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Earnings: BTG Pactual moves forward – acquisitions, investment funds, record numbers … and a lower Selic rate

When writing about Latin America, one cannot avoid looking at the example of Brazil. When writing about Brazil, one cannot avoid looking at the example of BTG Pactual. I have clearly written a lot about the firm in recent months … Continue reading

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Keynote speech at Nordic Fund Selection Forum 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden

After the huge investor education event at Bocconi University in Milan – 10,000 people in three days, I left for Stockholm at night for the Nordic Fund Selection Forum.  As I wrote in a recent blog, the Nordics have been … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Switzerland: Funds, Flows, Wealth Management, and West-to-East

I just published a new study with one of my HK-based Senior Research Analysts, Bryan Liu, on the Swiss Asset and Wealth Management industry. Below is the press release… for additional details, click here EQUITY FUNDS IN SWITZERLAND ATTRACT 57% … Continue reading

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Growing global distribution – more than just performance…

I am wrapping up some 75 in-depth discussions with regulators, distributors, institutional investors and asset managers globally on the changes in the global asset management distribution landscape in the last two years – the results will be published in a … Continue reading

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