Economic Development

U.S. Bank’s The Private Client Reserve has hired Erik Zipp as wealth management advisor in Milwaukee. Zipp will provide...

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual has hired Joel Potter as assistant vice president/bank office manager at the Southgate office, 3340 S. 27th St. in Milwaukee.

Executive editor Steve Jagler shares highlights from the BizTimes Mid-Year Economic Forecast with radio host Mitch Teich on WUWM’s Lake Effect this week.

After a prolonged, brutal and sometimes painful winter, southeastern Wisconsin businesses have begun a summer surge that is expected to gather steam and recover some lost ground in the second half of the year.

David Urban, former director of investor relations at Johnson Controls Inc., has launched his own investor relations consulting firm, Strategic IR Advisors LLC.

Milwaukee-based Baird Financial Group has closed on its acquisition of Seattle investment firm McAdams Wright Ragen Inc. The company is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baird Financial Group, the holding company of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

Tom Hille, CFP, private wealth advisor with Ameriprise Financial, will host a seminar on Social Security planning and retirement...

All employees, including the managers, at Waukesha-based InvestorsBank will retain their positions following the acquisition of the bank by Fond du Lac-based American Bank.

As the second half of the year begins, bankers don't have the rosiest outlook on the state's economy.

After a prolonged, brutal and sometimes painful winter, southeastern Wisconsin businesses have begun a summer surge that is expected to gather steam and recover some lost ground in the second half of the year.