The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 includes a provision encouraging private sector investment in certain lower-income communities designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as “qualified opportunity zones”.

Wealth is so much more than a person’s net worth; it extends beyond accumulation of money. It’s about the potential of wealth: what it can achieve, how it can help, whose lives it can change for the better. Every person, every organization has a different reason, a unique mission. Together these Whys of Wealth^SM are what get us up in the morning. Who is Steve Stein and what’s his Why?

At Boston Private, we sponsor a diverse group of organizations that share many of our own values while educating and inspiring the people and communities around them. The answer is different for every organization. We took 30 minutes with Seth Rosenzweig, Executive Director of Team IMPACT, an organization that connects children facing serious and chronic illnesses to local college athletic teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes, to learn more about his biggest influences and what has driven the organization’s success.

As 2017 closed, it has become clear that the "animal spirits" that guide the markets can shake off natural disasters, populist uprisings, a nuclear threat, and an ongoing stream of fodder for what once would have been Presidential scandals, but now pass for business as usual in the Trump Administration...

At Boston Private, we’re solidly committed to serving all of the people within our footprint. That’s why we work in close partnership with diverse groups of people and organizations in our neighborhoods to give them access to capital for a variety of programs that serve low- and moderate-income people.

Threats of a nuclear conflict between the U.S. and North Korea, increased tensions between right and left here at home, a stalled Trump Administration agenda, and a spate of major hurricanes would in a typical environment likely lend to a pullback in risk assets and a flight to quality.

EY, named as one of the world’s top cybersecurity consulting organizations by Cybersecurity Ventures, surveyed over 1,700 CIOs, CISOs, and other executives about their organizations’ information security practices. The result is an excellent whitepaper that offers best practices on how to sense, resist, and react to cybersecurity threats.

As every CFO and business owner will attest, steady, predictable cash flow is the fuel for running a successful, growing business. Despite its importance, study after study has found inadequate cash forecasting and management to be among the leading causes of business failure.

The first half of 2017 has been marked by a sharp divide between the actions and outcomes in the U.S. markets, and the tone and tenor of...

The first half or 2017 raced by, and the year has been a stellar one for investors. U.S. stocks were up =9% and international stocks even more. A more important consideration: What should we expect for the final six months of the year?