{"id":862,"date":"2021-11-05T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/people\/michael-armstrong\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:13:43","slug":"michael-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"rbcwm_people","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/people\/michael-armstrong","title":{"rendered":"Michael Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-wm rbc-overlap-zindex-1 rbc-hero-contain rbc-hero-overlap rbc-hero-has-image-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card rbc-hero-card rbc-hero\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-body-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"rbc-hero-title\">Michael Armstrong<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/about\/leadership\/\" class=\"rbc-hero-breadcrumb link-chev-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-icon mr-half\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" class=\"rbc-icon-img fal fa-angle-left\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeadership\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"rbc-hero-hr hr-mini bdr-accent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-hero-subtitle\">CEO<br>\r\nRBC Wealth Management\u2013U.S.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-img-wrap col-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-hero-img bleed-img-right rbc-hero-img-desktop-bottom-center rbc-hero-img-mobile-bottom-center\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/Michael-Armstrong.png?w=500);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-rbc-block rbc-block rbc-block-grey rbc-block-flush has-block-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-between no-gutters blockId-40516414-b29a-47e3-899e-2fb90fe550fe\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-column col-lg-5 order-lg-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-card rbc-card zi-10 overlap-top-desktop rbc-card-flush-x-mobile\" data-observe=\"{&quot;add&quot;:&quot;ani-opacity-up&quot;,&quot;remove&quot;:&quot;ani-opacity-up-from&quot;}\"><div class=\"rbc-card-wrap\"><div class=\"rbc-card-body\"><div class=\"rbc-card-icon c-white d-none d-lg-flex b-secondary\" style=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"georgia rbc-card-icon-quote\">\u201c<\/span><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-blockquote mb-0\"><blockquote class=\"h5 header-alt\">&#8220;By investing in people and technology together\u2014rather than investing in one at the expense of the other\u2014we\u2019ve created a model for advice capable of pivoting quickly to meet new client demands and market challenges.&#8221;<\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-column col-lg-6\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As CEO, Michael Armstrong leads RBC Wealth Management\u2013U.S. with integrity and an eye toward innovation. A strong believer in collaboration and inclusivity, Michael empowers employees to think critically and creatively to solve business challenges and maximize opportunities. He brings together RBC\u2019s world-class resources, talent and capabilities to provide trusted advice and wealth management solutions that help individuals, families and institutions achieve their financial goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael draws from years of experience in the financial services industry and is a highly sought-after thought leader. Before joining RBC, he spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley and held a succession of senior management positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the global head of Wealth Management Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley, Michael was responsible for trading, content and risk management activities in the debt, equity and structured products markets for 17,000 financial advisors. Before that, he served as the global head of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, a business dedicated to the private banking needs of ultra-high-net-worth families in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as COO of non-Japan Asia in Hong Kong, head of International Prime Brokerage in London and global head of Wealth Management at Jefferies &amp; Co. in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He lives in the Twin Cities area and enjoys hiking, biking and skiing with his partner, Jill, and his two grown children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"rbc-block rbc-block-image rbc-block-flush-top rbc-block-grey rbc-block-image-full rbc-block-image-mobile rbc-block-image-mobile-top rbc-block-image-has-title-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-img rbc-block-image-full-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-parallax\" style=\"opacity: 1; background-image: url(https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/woman-leading-meeting-in-bright-office.jpg); transform: translate3d(0px, -37px, 0px);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container rbc-block-image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"col-lg-6 align-self-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"rbc-block-image-title rbc-block-image-title-boxy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael&#039;s insights\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-image-content col-12 rbc-block-image-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row overlap-top-mobile justify-content-center justify-content-lg-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc41\" class=\"rbc-media-card-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc42\" class=\"rbc-card rbc-media-card rbc-card-hover rbc-media-card-stacked-vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"rbc-media-card-title rbc-media-card-title-wrap\"><span class=\"rbc-media-card-title-link\"><span>Wealth managers need to walk the ESG investing talk<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category rbc-media-card-category\">Responsible investing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-media-card-text\"><p>Investors\u2019 desire to use their wealth to influence positive change in the world is growing and responsible investing can be an effective way to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/insights\/wealth-managers-need-to-walk-the-esg-investing-talk\" class=\"rbc-media-card-footer-link align-self-end link-chev rbc-card-link-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rbc-media-card-cta-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4 minute read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc43\" class=\"rbc-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"rbc43Icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" class=\"rbc-icon-img fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\"> &#8211; <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-block-grey pb-md-3 pb-2-half d-lg-none\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<section id=\"rbc44\" class=\"rbc-block rbc-block-grey rbc-block-flush-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row  overlap-top justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc45\" class=\"rbc-media-card-col rbc-card-col-my col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc46\" class=\"rbc-card rbc-media-card rbc-card-hover rbc-media-card-stacked-vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-media-card-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/couple-walking-with-luggage-in-airport-in-page.jpg?w=1024');\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"rbc-media-card-title rbc-media-card-title-wrap\"><span class=\"rbc-media-card-title-link\"><span>Cross-border wealth planning: How to manage your family\u2019s global interests<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-media-card-text\"><p>As your wealth\u2013and family members\u2013become more global, we explore cross border banking, tax planning, and estate planning considerations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/insights\/cross-border-wealth-planning-how-to-manage-your-familys-global-interests\" class=\"rbc-media-card-footer-link align-self-end link-chev rbc-card-link-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rbc-media-card-cta-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t6 minute read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc47\" class=\"rbc-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"rbc47Icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" class=\"rbc-icon-img fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\"> &#8211; <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc45\" class=\"rbc-media-card-col rbc-card-col-my col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc46\" class=\"rbc-card rbc-media-card rbc-card-hover rbc-media-card-stacked-vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-media-card-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/02\/close-up-wind-turbine-against-blue-sky.jpg?w=1024');\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"rbc-media-card-title rbc-media-card-title-wrap\"><span class=\"rbc-media-card-title-link\"><span>Why we\u2019re all in on responsible investing<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-media-card-text\"><p>Responsible investing is an effective way for investors to have an impact on things they care about.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/insights\/why-were-all-in-on-responsible-investing-for-2020\" class=\"rbc-media-card-footer-link align-self-end link-chev rbc-card-link-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"rbc-media-card-cta-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4 minute read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc47\" class=\"rbc-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"rbc47Icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" class=\"rbc-icon-img fal fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\"> &#8211; <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc45\" class=\"rbc-media-card-col rbc-card-col-my col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rbc46\" class=\"rbc-card rbc-media-card rbc-card-hover rbc-media-card-stacked-vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rbc-media-card-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/02\/man-examining-papers-with-magnifying-glass.jpg?w=1024');\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"rbc-media-card-title rbc-media-card-title-wrap\"><span class=\"rbc-media-card-title-link\"><span>Why fighting financial fraud isn\u2019t just business for me, it\u2019s personal<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rbc-media-card-text\"><p>Financial advisors can hold a special place in a family\u2019s life. 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