Linking DotFeb 17
«Trump commuted the prison sentence of the former GPB Capital Holdings CEO David Gentile, who was found guilty in 2024 for his role in a years-long scheme that involved alternative investments. … Gentile… was at the center of the $1.6bn fraud that harmed thousands of teachers, nurses and other less experienced investors.»
#HighRiskInvestments #FinancialAdvisers #RetirementFunds #Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/trump-wall-street-plan-mom-and-pop-investors-risks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘I feel like I’m in a financial prison’: Trump Wall Street plan puts ‘mom and pop’ investors at risk, advocates say

Trump says everyday Americans deserve a chance to buy higher-risk ‘alternative’ investments. Critics say this could lead to big losses for small investors

The Guardian
Lifestyle | The Guardian USApr 19, 2025
‘I’d named my autistic son in my will – I didn’t realise that would only cause problems’ https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/19/special-needs-planning-will-trust-vulnerable-dependants #Specialeducationalneeds #Parentsandparenting #Financialadvisers #Childtrustfunds #Familyfinances #Statebenefits #Lifeandstyle #Disability #Children #Society #Autism #Family #Money
‘I’d named my autistic son in my will – I didn’t realise that would only cause problems’

In this extract from her book, Rhiannon Gogh, whose son is autistic, says parents often aren’t aware specialist planning is needed if you leave money to a vulnerable dependant

The Guardian
Deborah SampsonSep 18, 2024

“I am a sociologist who studies the #UltraRich.
Over the course of 17 yrs of research, I’ve heard repeatedly from #FinancialAdvisers that #multimillionaire & #billionaire clients view themselves as above nationality & #laws.
One #wealth adviser told me that some of his clients sincerely “believe that they are descended from the pharaohs, & that they were destined to inherit the earth.”

🔆I thought…The meek shall inherit the earth.

https://apple.news/ArYz4EzjDTCGl3HrDFOce7A

The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way — The Atlantic

The antidemocratic politics of having it all August 04, 2024 Eight years ago, the PayPal and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel was an outlier in liberal Silicon Valley for publicly supporting Donald Trump. But now a number of prominent male tech plutocrats who previously opposed the former president have done an about-face: These broligarchs are publicly endorsing and donating to the Republican candidate—and revealing a lot about their own priorities. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that

HaDEAJul 11, 2023

Call for expression of interest📢
Do you have at least 2 years of experience in financial, contractual and/or legal management of grant and/or tender programmes?
#HaDEA is establishing a reserve list for #FinancialAdvisers
Apply by 25 August, 12:00 PM➡️ https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/about/job-opportunities/open-vacancies_en https://t.co/osKpRcwqQa

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_HaDEA/status/1678770279034810377

Open vacancies

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European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
PhoenixSerenityMar 15, 2023

Instead of targeting #oligarchs and their assets, the #researchers at #DartmouthCollege proposed a “more effective and efficient” #strategy : #sanctioning the #professional #wealth #managers who help the oligarchs stack their #wealth #offshore , such as #bankers , #lawyers and #accountants . This would be particularly #effective with #Russian oligarchs, because they tend to employ the same #FinancialAdvisers and boutique #WealthManagement firms, the #study found.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/russia-archive/analysis-of-icij-data-shows-how-to-stop-russian-oligarchs-in-their-tracks/

Analysis of ICIJ data shows how to stop Russian oligarchs in their tracks  - ICIJ

To really rein in Putin’s allies’ wealth, governments should target their financial enablers, a new study suggests.

ICIJ