The List: Top 10 wealth management firms in Washington state

The Puget Sound Business Journal ranks Washington state wealth management firms by assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2012. See the next images for the top 10 on the list. Get the full list, compiled by Researcher Bonnie Graves, in the Feb. 15 print edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Since the late 1960s, Seattle?s Laird Norton family has seen its business, which was set up as a family trust company, evolve into a robust wealth-management firm with 425 clients and $4 billion in assets under management.

But the Great Recession triggered some soul searching at Laird Norton Tyee, the wealth management company that is part of the overall Laird Norton Co. Ultimately, the seventh-generation family, which traces its roots back to when timber was king in the Pacific Northwest, chose to continue the unit with a new name ? Laird Norton Wealth Management ? and rebranding campaign.

The new branding and spending on employees, technology and a face-lift of the firm?s Seattle headquarters come at a time when wealth management firms face a host of challenges.

Read more in the special Business of Wealth Management report in this week's print edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal, which also features a ranking of the top 50 Washington state wealth management firms by assets under management.

See the slide show above right for the top 10 on the list. Get the full list, compiled by researcher Bonnie Graves, in the Feb. 15 print edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Source: http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/vertical_24/~3/oMq6VXEO5kg/the-list-top-10-wealth-managemenet.html

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