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HOUSTON, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ UBS announced today that a six-person team, The Fortney Group, joined the Private Wealth Management division of the firm in Houston, Texas.
The team manages approximately $1.1 billion in assets and is led by financial advisors Grant Fortney, Scott Fortney and Michael B. Nichley, CFA, who have more than 50 years of industry experience combined working with Ultra-High Net Worth individuals, families, and executives. Brandon Frey, Tami Grove, and Mary Patranella also join as part of the team. I m extremely excited that The Fortney Group are joining the firm, said Craig Vandegrift, Managing Director and South Texas Market Head at UBS Wealth Management USA. Together, they represent a high-quality team focused on creating the best possible client experience and outcome for the families they serve.
$1 1 billion Financial Advisor team joins UBS in Houston, Texas
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Marketers Move Needle for Entrepreneurs
AUSTIN, Texas – Entrepreneurs often focus their efforts on financing and innovating. Yet marketing is just as crucial to the growth of a small business, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
In the first empirical study to isolate the role a marketing professional plays in the growth of small-business ventures, Ugandan entrepreneurs coached by marketers increased sales, profits, assets and employees more than similar entrepreneurs who did not receive any business coaching during the same two-year period.
The study, forthcoming and online in advance in the Journal of Marketing, answers a resounding “yes” to the complicated question of whether marketers matter for entrepreneurs. “Now we know that linking an entrepreneur with a marketer is actually critical for stimulating growth,” said co-author Stephen J. Anderson, assistant professor of marketing at the McComb
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UT students and football players singing The Eyes of Texas after a win.
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Longhorns had just lost to rival Oklahoma for the third time in a row this time after a quadruple overtime.
The bruising loss was quickly overshadowed when then-Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger stood alone on the field for the playing of the university’s alma mater song The Eyes of Texas, a postgame tradition. The rest of the team, who typically stay to sing the song with fans at the end of games, had retreated from the field.
For many University of Texas at Austin students who had spent months protesting and petitioning the school to get rid of The Eyes of Texas, it was gutting to see the student leader seemingly taking a stand. (Ehlinger later said he was only lingering alone on the field to talk with coaches.) The song played to the tune of I’ve been working on the railroad was historically performed at campus minstrel shows, and the title
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