Around 21 percent of wealth advisers surveyed by Knight Frank
said their clients increased investments in cryptocurrencies in 2017.
The brokerage also
said clients will not be able to take short positions, or bet against bitcoin futures, «due to the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies.»
Financial advisors
say some clients simply struggle to say no, and others face pressure from the organization itself.
Hillis
says her clients (typically governments, architects and city planners) simply aren't going to Facebook or Twitter to seek the underground waste containers she sells.
Anecdotally, Jennifer Moss, co-founder and CMO of Plasticity,
says clients have told them they've had more people crying at work in the last week than ever.
Financial advisor Carolyn McClanahan, director of financial planning at Life Planning Partners in Jacksonville, Florida,
said the clients who say they don't want to retire often don't want to rein in their spending.
Trump's latest comments appeared to undermine the argument being made by Cohen lawyers, who
say their client was Trump's personal attorney first and foremost, and therefore, practically everything Cohen did was protected by attorney - client privilege.
Advisors at the 2015 TD Ameritrade conference remain upbeat about the U.S. market despite recent volatility and
say clients should be, too.
«Northwood helps us with educating our children,»
says the client.
M&A bankers
say their clients are asking them to pitch Jeff Bezos on a deal, Financial Times reports.
Lesperance
said his client didn't start out Canadian; he was an American - born businessman.
The big banks
say clients are clamoring for impact investing, so they're scrambling to accommodate: they're lowering thresholds, reducing bureaucratic obstacles, making it easier for some of the smaller deals to get through the door.
Carr, founder of Red Door Interactive, a San Diego firm that advises companies, including Intuit and Buck Knives, on their online initiatives,
says his clients are frequently hamstrung by low (or no) expectations.
But lawyers for Lebedev, 39, and Gross, 47, have painted a different picture,
saying their clients did not know that Murgio was running an illegal operation.
Henry Klingeman, Gross» lawyer, likewise
said his client «never thought, at the time these things were happening, that he was doing anything illegal.»
And
he says client requests have begun to hint that the next big thing may be large leafy, tropical plants that were trendy back in the 1970s and»80s.
The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant in the TENEX case as
saying her client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations in which Russian actors described their efforts to lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»
Mr. Thomas
said his client has reported that many private - equity firms decline to disclose the existence of such fees before deals close, a practice that allows them to extract cash from their targets without investor approval.
Lead attorney Matt Gonzalez
said his client had never handled a gun and was scared by the noise, prompting him to fling the weapon into the bay, where a diver fished it out a day later.
Michael Spencer, an attorney for a group of smaller investors with more than $ 832 million of claims on defaulted bonds,
said his clients haven't been able to negotiate directly with Argentina yet.
He said clients are watching the wave of climate litigation unfolding in other jurisdictions and asking if and when such suits will come to Australia.
Manafort's lawyer, Jason Maloni, released a statement on Thursday
saying his client had not committed the offenses listed.
Daniels at one time denied receiving $ 130,000 in hush money; her lawyer called that a «false statement» during his NBC interview, and
said his client had been forced to sign the non-disclosure agreement.
«If I were a prosecutor hearing both the lawyer and the client
say the client had no awareness whatsoever of that, I would now feel very confident going to a judge to seek that material.»
Activity was down, but banks» talk about the impact of tax cuts and such was just a way of
saying clients didn't hire them.
Lauerman, meanwhile,
says clients are unaware of some of the practices, which include first - looking flow or adding the provider's own liquidity into the client's aggregated pool.
Kelczewski, a Realtor for the Brandywine Fine Properties Sotheby's International in Centreville, Delaware,
said his client bought the property home for $ 175,000.
Attorney Michael Avenatti
says his client Stormy Daniels will reveal details about her claim that she was physically threatened: «This was not a random threat by some wingnut» https://t.co/WrQ5JLu4wY https://t.co/nTTXlw17bi
I suppose one could argue I started the whole link building mess, back before Yahoo even had a category for it, but I'm proud to
say my clients and references are among the most respected and well known in the industry.
Scarano's lawyer, Silverio Sica,
said his client merely took donations from people he thought were acting in good faith to fund a home for the terminally ill.
Thomas
says clients are unlikely to put all their eggs in one basket and focus on a single platform or cash management bank.
Nagy's lawyer
said his client is seeking «compensatory and punitive damages» that could exceed $ 1 million.
Mr Courney's lawyers
said their client was reported to police by a Muslim woman who claimed she had been branded a member of Islamic State and told to «go back to your country» - claims Mr Courney always denied.
Catholic News Service: Papal butler's lawyers
say client acted out of love for church, pope Everything Paolo Gabriele did, he did for love of the church and the pope, said the lawyers for the personal assistant to Pope Benedict XVI accused of leaking private documents.
Simon Christie, defending,
said his client could not recall what made him burgle the home and commit «these dreadful acts which appals and disgusts him» but he had taken a «potentially toxic» combination of drugs.
At the same time, there are also insurance companies to contend with, many of which will fight and fight hard to ensure that they don't have to pay at their client's expense, whether
said client is at fault or not.
The analysts
say clients should also keep an eye on changes for M&A targets Wotif.com, ROC Oil, SAI Global, PanAust, Goodman Fielder and Treasury Wine Estates.
While Woodshield posts can be up to 30 to 40 per cent more expensive than standard treated timber posts, they're streets ahead in longevity and Ashley
says his clients buy them because they are tired of replacing posts.
Brandon Browner's agent, Peter Schaffer,
said his client is in negotiations w / «four teams and we do not have a deal.
Cormier,
said his client told the judge in charge of the case that he was available for questioning as soon as his name was mentioned in the media.
Robert Lewandowski's agent Cezary Kucharski
says his client is happy with Bayern Munich and will not leave the club this summer.
The agent that represents Giuseppe Rossi
says his client is looking for a transfer away from Fiorentina during the January transfer window.
Ron Jenkins, a lawyer for Gateway,
said his client notified federal regulators and state and city officials about the ammonia leak when it occurred.
While Hudson's attorney could not be reached for comment and Parrott's declined to comment, Patterson's lawyer
said his client was voted into office and has no intention of resigning.
At Seattle - based firm Goldberg Jones (with offices in Portland, Ore., and San Diego), co-founder Rick Jones
says clients «know they've only got one shot.
Lewis» attorney Jim Tresmond
said his client was told to turn over several firearms because he was once prescribed anti-anxiety medication at «one point.»
His lawyer Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN, while arguing Amosu's bail application after he was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Idris before a Federal High court in Lagos,
said his client had returned «collossal sums».
Arguing the bail application, Ayorinde
said his client, who pleaded not guilty, had always been cooperative with the prosecution since his arrest in January and would not jump bail.
In his summation, Venditto attorney Marc Agnifilo
said his client his more than merely not guilty.
In a statement, Howe's attorney, Richard Morvillo,
said his client «has accepted responsibility for his actions and will testify truthfully if he is called upon.»