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Ryan Kirkley discusses the growing disconnect between how global private wealth operates today and the infrastructure underneath it September 2, 2026 HNW clients can access their portfolios around the clock, yet moving capital between institutions, currencies and jurisdictions can still depend on banking hours, cut-off times and legacy settlement windows; image credit: mayu85/shutterstock

Renting out a home on Airbnb can be a good way to earn some extra cash — but a new fee policy shows how quickly the economics of running a short-term rental can change. By Sept. 15, Airbnb is moving all U.S. hosts to a new fee structure, the company says. Under the old system,…

RBC Wealth Management has lured a six-person team, KPM Wealth Advisory Group, from Stifel, Nicolaus & Company to its Dallas branch. The advisors had previously overseen $1.6 billion in client assets. The team includes managing directors and financial advisors Donald Kinsey, Travis Moss and Matthew Pickett, along with senior financial associates Shawn Ezzo and Stephanie…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samuel Sévigny, 32, the cofounder and marketing director at Chaletô, a short-term rental property management company based in Quebec, Canada. Sévigny started Chaletô in 2022 with four of his friends and has scaled to over 500 cabins and condos. The following has been edited for length…

DIGITEC has appointed Matthis Schneegass as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director. He is based in Hamburg and reports to chief executive Peer Joost; he is the firm’s tenth hire of 2026. Schneegass joins from PINKTUM, a SaaS scale-up, where he was COO before moving into the CFO seat, covering finance, business development and revenue…