Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Wealth advisory deal gives national brand first Richmond foothold

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Less than a year after recruiting one of Richmond’s wealthiest families into its fold and setting up its first office in the city, a Hampton Roads firm has been acquired by a larger competitor that now has a chance to make a bigger push into Virginia.

Local private equity firm aims for new $75M fund

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Fresh off a new investment, a local private equity firm has begun to line up its second pool of cash, this time shooting for a fund nearly three times the size of its first one.

Former Union Bank CEO back in the game

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Billy Beale has stepped back into a chief executive role – this time to help right the ship at a struggling Midlothian-based institution.