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While there are no calm seas in investing, it is possible to have a prosperous voyage.
Thematic Investing: Successful Voyages
Q&A | Claire Voorhees | Wealth Advisor and Relationship Manager
As governments locked down their economies amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the consumer’s lifestyle was forced to change. At Chevy Chase Trust, we are focused on the companies that facilitate the consumer’s behavioral shift and sustainably improve their businesses as a result. Hear Christine Wallace, Senior Portfolio Manager, detail one of our investment themes, Long-Term COVID Beneficiaries.
Thematic Video: Long-Term COVID Beneficiaries
Chevy Chase Trust Welcomes Anneke H. Niemira
Q & A | Ramona Mockoviak | Wealth Advisor
Chevy Chase Trust Welcomes Ramona Mockoviak
Amy Raskin | Pillsbury | Perspectives on the Economy, Investing and Capital Markets in 2022
While there are some temporary factors boosting inflation, we believe there are longer term structural elements that have changed over the last decade that make a longer period of elevated inflation more likely. Hear Spencer Smith, Head of Institutional Investments, detail some of the characteristics shaping the End of Disinflationary Tailwinds.
Thematic Video: The End of Disinflationary Tailwinds
Chevy Chase Trust | Catholic Charities Gala 2022
First Quarter, 2022
3.21.2022 – Chevy Chase Trust was honored to host Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center’s Dr. Michael Atkins and University of Pittsburgh’s Dr. Laura Ferris on the topic “Advances in Skin Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment.” Learn ways to protect yourself and the innovative treatments being used today.
A Virtual Event: Advances in Skin Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment
Chevy Chase Trust | Washingtonian’s Best 2022
Q & A | Wendy Moyers, CFP®, CDFA® | Wealth Advisor
2.10.2022 – Watch to learn more about how to integrate charitable goals and tax-saving strategies into your overall financial and estate plans.
A Virtual Event: Maximize Your Impact: Charitable Giving with Strategy and Purpose in 2022
Deb Gandy | Forbes 2022 | America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors
Describing a unique investment courage and a steadfast commitment to client service and stewardship, Jeff Whitaker, President & CEO of Chevy Chase Trust, reflects on the firm’s accomplishments in 2021.
Read Jeff Whitaker‘s Bio »
Jeff Whitaker | President & CEO | First Year
Q & A | Frederick M. Hopkins, JD, CFA | Wealth Advisor
Chevy Chase Trust Welcomes Kevin Heilenday
Chevy Chase Trust | 2021 Account Information
Chevy Chase Trust | Sargent Shriver Elementary & Linkages to Learning
Chevy Chase Trust Welcomes Frederick M. Hopkins, JD, CFA
Chevy Chase Trust supports Sargent Shriver Elementary School
10.27.2021 – Looking to increase beneficiary well-being? Watch our Family Wealth & Well-Being virtual event to learn more.
A Virtual Event: “Family Wealth & Well-Being: Rethinking Traditional Inheritance Planning”
Will your wealth allow you to purchase a vacation home or invest in a new business? Hear from Laly Kassa, Co-head of the Chevy Chase Trust Planning Group, on how she advises clients on these and other important questions.
Lean more about Estate Planning.
Learn about Financial Planning.
Food for Thought: Maximize Your Wealth
What are three important steps everyone should take to ensure their estate plan is complete? Hear from Elizabeth Kearns, Co-Head of the Planning Group.
Learn about Financial Planning.
Food for Thought: Estate Planning Tips
Chevy Chase Trust supports Leadership Greater Washington
Chevy Chase Trust Ranks on list of CNBC’s Top 100 Financial Advisors 2021
President & CEO | Jeff Whitaker
Barron’s Feature | Jeff Whitaker & Amy Raskin
President & CEO of Chevy Chase Trust, Jeff Whitaker, joined a panel conversation hosted by Columbia University’s Masters in Wealth Management program. Hear Jeff’s perspective on the growing wealth management industry, its various business models, key challenges and opportunities.
Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies | Jeff Whitaker
Chevy Chase Trust Ranks on list of Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms 2021
Featured | Women in Business
Chevy Chase Trust Welcomes Wendy Moyers, CFP®
Investing Advice for 2021 | Marc Wishkoff
Q & A with Michael Kleinschmidt, Vice President
America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors 2021 | Deb Gandy
The American Families Plan
On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Chevy Chase Trust proudly partnered with the Virginia Hospital Center Foundation for a virtual program on charitable giving and staying-well strategies. Laly Kassa CFP®, Managing Director, offered insights into the most tax-efficient methods for giving charitably and Dr. Michael Silverman shared insight about the COVID-19 pandemic from the vantage point of the Virginia Hospital Center emergency room.
Click on the link to hear Laly Kassa describe the most optimal types of assets to give and the benefits of Donor Advised Funds and Dr. Silverman’s insights about the vaccine roll out and staying well while returning to a more active lifestyle.
Optimizing Your Wealth and Health
How do investors benefit from your approach in times of volatility? At Chevy Chase Trust, our clients speak directly with decision makers allowing for great flexibility. Hear more from Craig Pernick, Head of Fixed Income.
Food for Thought: Fixed Income
Chevy Chase Trust was pleased to host renowned author, journalist, and professor, Walter Isaacson for a conversation about his new book, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. In the book, Mr. Isaacson showcases Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., whose work on the gene-editing technology called CRISPR won her and Emmanuelle Charpentier the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and, Mr. Isaacson believes, will change the future of medicine.
Click on the link above to view the recording of the Chevy Chase Trust event featuring Mr. Isaacson’s description of Dr. Doudna’s journey of discovery, the life sciences revolution in which “molecules will become the next microchip,” the ethical issues associated with designer babies and much more. His remarks are followed by a question and answer session led by Amy Raskin, Chief Investment Officer, and Andrew Marshall, Vice President, both of Chevy Chase Trust.
Read our white paper on Investing in Disruptive Change: Personalized Medicine »
Read our white paper on Genomics »
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson on March 9, 2021
Manager of the Decade Designation and Top Gun Ratings | Informa Financial Intelligence
Best-in-State Wealth Advisors 2021 | Deb Gandy
We are pleased to have Jeff Whitaker join Chevy Chase Trust as our new President and CEO.
Jeff comes to Chevy Chase Trust after holding several leadership roles in wealth and investment management over the past two decades, including at Bridgewater Associates, Berkshire Partners, and the J.P. Morgan U.S. Private Bank. Jeff holds an undergraduate degree from Williams College and an MBA from The Wharton School.
Hear what drew Jeff to Chevy Chase Trust and his thoughts on this exciting next chapter for the firm.
Read Jeff Whitaker’s Bio »
A Message from Jeff Whitaker, our new President & CEO
Chevy Chase Trust | Washingtonian’s Best 2020
Welcome to our new President and CEO, Jeff Whitaker
12.8.2020 – Chevy Chase Trust was proud to partner with Virginia Hospital Center’s Infectious Diseases expert Dr. Rohit Modak. Learn Dr. Modak’s rules for staying safe during the COVID pandemic.
A Covid 19 Briefing with Dr. Rohit Modak of VHC
Chief Thematic Investing Themes of the Decade
Optimizing the client experience at Chevy Chase Trust is critical to what we do. Michael Gildenhorn, Senior Managing Director and Director of Portfolio Management, discusses how our firm provides top-notch customer service for all of our clients.
Read Michael Gildenhorn‘s Bio »
Food for Thought: The Client Experience
Q & A with Duna Hur, Trader
View our webinar featuring Amy Raskin, CIO of Chevy Chase Trust, on “Investment Update,” and Dan Clifton, Partner and Head of Policy Research at Strategas, on “The 2020 Election in an Era of Unprecedented Disruption.”
Chevy Chase Trust Webinar | Amy Raskin and Dan Clifton
Amy Raskin discusses the TINA argument, current valuations, bubble territory and much more.
Chevy Chase Trust Ranks on list of Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms 2020
Chevy Chase Trust supports ACTEC and The Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute
With interest rates low, now may be a good time for transfer of wealth.
Learn more about Estate Planning at Chevy Chase Trust»
Elizabeth Kearns Bio »
Food For Thought: Estate Planning
Chevy Chase Trust: Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers 2020
Q & A with Marc K. Wishkoff, Head of Business Development
Q & A with Jessica Frommer, Managing Director, Client Services Manager
A Conversation with Amy Raskin, CIO
Listen to nonprofit leaders in the DMW describe how they have pivoted to meet the community’s expanding needs as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown.
Chevy Chase Trust | Philanthropy Webinar
Chevy Chase Trust Ranks | Barron’s Top 50 RIA Firms 2019
WASHINGTON (ABC7) —Having recently been named to the Forbes list of Top Women Wealth Advisors, Chevy Chase Trust’s Deb Gandy sat down with ABC7 news anchor Alison Starling to share some financial advice and a bit about Deb’s personal story. She described challenges she faced as a youth in the south during the civil rights movement and her work as one of the financial industry’s first female African American business development officers.
Washington ABC7 News | Deb Gandy
Amy Raskin Discusses Current Markets and Themes
America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors 2020 | Deb Gandy
Estate Planning Opportunities After a Market Decline
Temporary waiver of RMDs for 2020
Food for Thought: Investment Management Fees
Q & A | Bobby Eubank
Want to avoid common mistakes that many investors make? Lean how from Marc Wishkoff, Christine Wallace, and Larry Fisher.
Food for Thought: 3 Common Mistakes Investors Make
Chevy Chase Trust | Washingtonian’s Best 2019
Genomics: Changing Medicine and More
Q & A with Laly Kassa, CFP®
Chevy Chase Trust supports the 2019 Empty Bowls Bethesda
Urban Alliance: Giving High School Students Experience in the Corporate World
Andrew Marshall, Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, discusses our thematic investing approach to the Health Care Revolution.
Food for Thought: The Health Care Revolution
St. Maria’s Meal Program & Chevy Chase Trust
Demographics: Economic Consequences
College Funding Tips from Laly Kassa
Tax-Savvy Giving Strategies May Provide Some Relief for High-Income Earners, by Susan Freed, CFP®
Montgomery County’s Urban Alliance and Chevy Chase Trust
Andrew Marshall, Equity Portfolio Manager and Macroeconomic Research Analyst, discusses our current thinking about one of our global themes.
Food for Thought: Personalized Medicine
Safe-Haven Assets Needed. They Don’t Even Need to Be That Safe
Fast Fashion and the Future of Retailing
Investing in Disruptive Change: Personalized Medicine
Bobby Eubank, Research Analyst, discusses our current thinking about one of our global themes.
Food for Thought: Next Generation Automation
Ellen Perry recently sat down with Chevy Chase Trust to talk about the question she gets asked most frequently from wealthy families,“How Do I Pass on Values to the Next Generation?” Hear Ellen describe successful strategies and potential pitfalls as she draws on experience from a lengthy career advising families of great wealth.
Ellen Perry: Founder and Principal of Wealthbridge Partners.
Spencer Smith featured on IREI’s Shop Talk Podcast
Having more money than you need can give your children a soft landing, a firm financial start, or — if you prepare them in the right way — both.
The key to meaningful conversations about family wealth management has less to do with timing and more to do with how you approach it. Larry Fisher, President of Family Wealth, shares three tips for laying the groundwork for continued financial stability.
Food for Thought: When and How to Speak to the Next Generation About Wealth
We receive a lot of questions about investing in individual bonds versus mutual funds, so as Food for Thought we are sharing the answers. Learn more from Craig Pernick, Head of Fixed Income.
Food for Thought: Why Invest in Individual Bonds vs. Mutual Funds & ETFs?
Chevy Chase Trust Wealth Access Client Portal
Think you should wait to start taking Social Security? At Chevy Chase Trust, many of our clients are asking this very question. Leslie Smith, Senior Advisor, examines key decisions as you head into retirement—and what happens if you choose to wait.
Food for Thought: When should I start taking Social Security benefits?
Chevy Chase Trust hosts Health Insights 2018
“Less Cancer” is Paving the Road to Cancer Prevention
Pros, Cons to Buying Nvidia Stock
What will it take to attract the next generation of advisers to the private wealth business?
Should You Move to a Retirement Community Before Retiring?
Q&A with Ed Dobranetski
Finding Opportunity in Disruptive Change: Retailing and Its Supply Chain
We’re in the early stages of a revolution in retailing that is creating compelling new investment opportunities.
As thematic investors, we look for phenomena that are transforming cash flows and profitability across multiple industries. Then we seek to identify companies that will benefit, are investable through public equities with ample liquidity, and likely to pay off within three to five years.
Here we discuss one of these phenomena—how the next generation of automation is impacting the retail industry.
See our latest research and what it means for investors.
Finding Opportunity in Disruptive Change: Retailing and its Supply Chain
Smart college planning is the gift that keeps on giving. From UTMA accounts to 529s, Chevy Chase Trust shows clients how to build a legacy of learning through personalized tuition savings strategies that take into account a family’s complete financial picture. Chevy Chase Trust’s Laly Kassa and Leslie Smith share their insights on the best savings strategies for maximizing returns.