BankUnited names new executive vice president

Earlier this week, Miami Lakes-based BankUnited announced Kelly Taub is the bank’s new executive vice president and director of credit review. Taub’s promotion comes after the retirement of Walter Sheilds,

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Professional Bank offloads the Trump Organization

Coral Gables-based Professional Bank—with locations in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and throughout South Florida—announced it was cutting ties with the Trump Organization. It joins larger banks such as Deutsche

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Blackstone signs lease for Miami office

Months after announcing the opening of a Miami office, New York investment firm Blackstone is starting the new year with the announcement of a location. The firm signed a 41,000-square-foot

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First American Bank opens new headquarters

This month, a bank opening in Miami once again proved the region’s importance to major economic sectors. First American Bank celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its renovated 6,000-square-foot offices

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New York hedge fund Elliott Management moves to Palm Beach

Hot on the heels of New York billionaire Carl Icahn transferring his operations to Miami, word has come that Manhattan financier Paul Singer is likewise moving his hedge fund Elliott

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How to deal with an Unexpected Early RetiremenT

By Sandy Jukel Early retirement is a concept that, at one point in your working life, may have seemed like a dream. Yet many Americans who have retired early have

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A Move for Giving for Atrium Financial Center

The 106,000-square-foot, four-story Atrium Financial Center in Boca Raton has long been a feather in the cap of Penn-Florida Companies, an owner and full-service developer of high-profile real estate for

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Dollars, Sense and the New Normal

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] By SFBW editorial staff Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, South Florida Business & Wealth has continued to bring together C-suite executives

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Lending and the New Normal

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] As one of the region’s leading, full-service alternative lenders and commercial real estate debt providers, BGI Capital is on the front

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She has you covered

By SFBW Editorial Staff | photos by Eduardo Schneider In the beginning: Anita Byer moved between Miami and Palm Beach Gardens as a youngster, majored in English at the University

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SlateStone’s approach avoids rocky investment strategies

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Photography by Eduardo Schneider Emotions can run rampant for investors these days, with the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the stock market and some

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Ex-Dolphin Konrad prepares for the financial fallout

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Two of Alterna Financial’s business strategies amid the pandemic are offering insight into what’s ahead for our economy. The company led

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