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John Taft

CEO, RBC Wealth Management

John Taft is Vice Chairman of Baird. He is a member of the Board of Directors and past chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), where he advocated for responsible financial reform. He is the author of two books, “Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street” and “A Force for Good: How Enlightened Finance Can Restore Faith in Capitalism.” He shares his perspective on the industry on his blog, “Finance for the Greater Good.”

He is the former CEO of of RBC Wealth Management - U.S.

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What Robinhood and Reddit Have Wrought
Mar 02, 2021
Every time financial markets stray from their core purpose of allocating sources of capital to productive uses in the real world, we get ourselves and each other into trouble.
John Taft
Regulatory Pendulum Gets a Huge Push From Wells Fargo
Sep 26, 2016
As a nuclear scientist and professor of physics at Yale, my father used to stand in front of his undergraduate classroom holding a skull-crushingly heavy metal ball attached by a cable to the ceiling of the lecture...
A Makeover for Capitalism
A Makeover for Capitalism
Feb 23, 2015
It's clear that capitalism will need to evolve and change to retain its status as the world’s dominant socio-economic model
America’s Foreign Language: Finance
America’s Foreign Language: Finance
Oct 01, 2014
Many financial companies and organizations are taking dead aim at the societal problem of financial illiteracy by stepping up their efforts to educate the public.
The Warren Buffett Effect: Investing in Our World
The Warren Buffett Effect: Investing in Our World
Jul 17, 2014
When a mystery bidder from Singapore paid $2.2 million at a charity auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett, few thought he was getting a bargain. But after introducing “the Oracle of Omaha” to attendees...