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You can’t call this a mere growth spurt. USI Consulting Group (USICG) has been on a steady—sometimes dramatic—track of expansion for going on 25 years now. And it’s showing no signs of easing up; in fact, quite the opposite. The Glastonbury, Connecticut, company can attribute much of this success to the niche it has carved […]

The company was ahead of its time, Benjamin E. Allen remarks with a chuckle. Maybe so far ahead of its time—like 20 years—that prosperity came much later. For it seems that even in progressive San Francisco, the concept of socially responsible investing was a very acquired market trend when Parnassus Investments opened its doors in […]

It’s ironic, muses Jim Higgins, how supposedly savvy investors in commercial real estate have been so slow to differentiate between a couple of very basic types of retail. There’s a big difference between shopping malls and shopping centers, he notes, and while Real Estate Investment Trust equities related to these property types have both traded […]

Brodie Cobb opines that mergers are like marriages—not all are built to last. That said, all seems blissful with the 2016 coming together of Tiedemann Advisors and Presidio Capital Advisors, a subsidiary of The Presidio Group that Cobb founded in 1997. While remaining as chief executive officer of The Presidio Group, Cobb is a board […]

It’s undeniable: Selfishness is a common human trait. This is why Innovest Portfolio Solutions has such stringent standards for its employees—the Denver-based wealth management firm seeks out those its leaders identify as “stewards.” The exemplary team member is a “man or woman for others; they think of themselves last,” says CEO and co-founder Richard Todd. […]

A one-time rising star in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1998 to 2002, Paul Carlson earned the respect of educators by spearheading such initiatives as early childhood development, smaller class sizes and teacher training, but has long since found another calling in the investment world. “What I care about is helping people, in a […]

A seasoned and savvy wealth adviser with an MBA from Gulf Coast University, Tamara Surratt works with multigenerational families, from the wealth creators themselves all the way to the youngest generations, to help families preserve and grow their wealth. Engaging the entire family is important because, statistically, the odds are against families hoping to pass […]

“What’s your next?” A simple question, perhaps, but one that’s been known to stump a lot of otherwise smart folks who may not know just where they are going or what their holdings may enable them to do in life. That’s OK, assures Jim DeCarlo, the chief executive officer of Maryland-based StratWealth who helps clients […]

It began, as so many American stories do, with risk and hard work. When John Saul arrived from Ireland in 1851, his first job involved landscaping the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, lending shape and substance to a city still in its infancy, and a nation not much older than that. Today, more than a […]

You know the story. A team of tech-savvy disruptors risks all to bring their vision to the masses. They’re in it now and for the long haul, be the destination bankruptcy or billion-dollar IPO. Only, plans change. Products evolve. People grow. New opportunities arise, and these entrepreneurs may be keen to take advantage. Secondary liquidity […]