A conservation easement does not fence off land from its owner, and it does not require a sale. Instead, it is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits how a property can be developed or used, protecting its scenic, agricultural, or ecological value while leaving […]
Client relationships rarely stay static over twenty years, and Justin Nelson has built much of his JP Morgan career around that reality. The Managing Director, who leads the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at JP Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, now regularly advises the adult children of clients he first met decades ago. […]
More than 100 survivors of domestic violence have had their faces rebuilt by Dr. Andrew Jacono, a dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon whose Park Avenue practice sits alongside a decade-spanning record of pro bono reconstructive work. His involvement runs through the FACE TO FACE project, operated by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive […]
Private markets are moving from a niche allocation to a core part of wealthy families’ portfolios, and Michael Gold Westport sees the shift as one of the defining stories in wealth management this year. About 83 percent of advisers now say offering a robust suite of private asset options has become essential to serving clients […]
Historic buildings and sites do not preserve themselves, and funding for that work often falls through the cracks between government budgets and private development interests. Colcom Foundation has stepped into that gap in the Pittsburgh region, funding preservation projects alongside its better known environmental grants for close to thirty years. Colcom Foundation supports several special […]
Manufacturing construction in the United States entered territory that most economists hadn’t seen in decades. Real spending on factory-floor projects roughly doubled between late 2021 and mid-2023, and a specific segment drove nearly all of that expansion. Computer, electronic, and electrical manufacturing, long a marginal share of industrial construction, nearly quadrupled in real spending after […]
Five Traits That Define Vancouver’s Top Business Leaders Vancouver’s business community has built a distinct reputation within Canada, blending resource-sector expertise with an increasingly international investor base. Those who thrive in this environment tend to share a handful of recognizable traits, according to observers who track the city’s finance and entrepreneurship scene across multiple economic […]
What Makes a Fintech Industry Executive Stand Out The financial technology sector has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade, reshaping how consumers and businesses interact with money. As digital-first platforms replace legacy banking infrastructure, a new generation of leaders has emerged to guide this shift toward faster, more transparent transactions. Among the professionals […]
Every CEO eventually faces the same tension: satisfying immediate demands while still building toward something further down the road. Michael Polk Newell Brands, who has led both massive public companies and a smaller private firm, says how that tension plays out depends heavily on who owns the business. Quarterly Pressure at Public Companies During his […]
Rashad Robinson’s Journey From Riverhead to National Civil Rights Leadership Long before Rashad Robinson became one of the most prominent civil rights strategists in the United States, he was a student navigating the public school system in Riverhead, New York — a small Long Island town where, by his own account, the conditions of inequality […]