Accounting firm Dixon Hughes Goodman announces major merger

Dixon Hughes Goodman, an accounting firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina but with a presence in Tampa Bay, has announced it will merge with BKD CPAs & Advisors. The merger

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Still struggling with forecasting sales for 2022?

Sales has traditionally been an intuition-driven profession: “What’s in your pipeline?  What do you think is going to close?” But these days, that approach puts companies and organizations at a

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Jim Marshall
Do Wharton students know what the average income is in Tampa? Probably not.

“I asked Wharton students what they thought the average American worker makes per year and 25% of them thought it was over six figures. One of them thought it was

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Tampa’s HealthAxis receives growth equity investment

HealthAxis, a Tampa-based administrative processing services company for health care payers and organizations, received a growth investment from Revelstoke Capital Partners. McGuireWoods acted as legal counsel to Revelstoke. Shumaker, Loop

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Leaders in banking, real estate and tourism share their thoughts heading into 2022

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth reached out to leaders in their respective industries to see what trends they are seeing and what they mean. Here’s what they had to say.

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First American Bank appoints former BBVA top executive to lead West Florida Market

Kevin Shukur has been named West Florida Market president for First American Bank. Effective immediately, Shukur will lead the West Florida corporate banking team and provide full-service banking from the

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Planning for the future: Navigating trusts and the ‘what ifs’ of life

By Sarah Schelling Peet, Vice President, Senior Trust Officer, The Bank of Tampa It is impossible to predict the future, no matter how hard we try. Two years ago, I

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Whose Wealth Is It?

By Sonya Ranker, president, Tampa division, Questmont Strategic Wealth Advisors It’s not about how much money your investments can earn … it’s about how much of the earnings you keep. 

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Your PPP loan has been forgiven — Now what?

By Jack Rybicki In 2020 and 2021, companies benefited from an unprecedented amount of federal and state support to help them weather the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The

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How to know it’s time to add to your family wealth advisory team

By Patricia Entsminger, CPA/CFE/CIA and Kathleen Martin, CPA Thinking about a family office? There are many options to consider. A 2016 Ernst & Young survey estimated that there are 10,000+

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How will proposed tax legislation affect your financial plans?

By Chris Dhanraj, Managing Principal of Investments at CLA & Adam Bourk, Senior Wealth Advisor at CLA 2020 was the year of COVID. 2021 is likely the year of taxes. President

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Defining financial planning goals: Start with your core values

By Lantz A. Martin, CFP, ChFC, CLU, BT Wealth Advisors Goals are key for framing our own roadmap (your financial plan), but keep in mind how often life changes. Even if

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