HighTower Sees ‘Exceptional Addition’ to Firm as Margaret Towle Joins as Partner

At Greycourt, Towle oversaw research and development across traditional and alternative asset classes. She also served a two-year term as a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) board of directors, and is a former chair of the IMCA Advisory Council and member of IMCA's Investments & Wealth Monitor editorial advisory board.

In 2009, Towle was named as one of Bloomberg WealthManager's Top Women in Wealth. In addition, she was profiled in Boomer Market Advisor in 2009.

Prior to joining Greycourt, Towle served as chief investment officer of Northern Trust Global Advisors. She holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA) designation and earned her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington-Seattle. She completed post-graduate work in quantitative methods at the University of Michigan, as well as risk management courses in the executive education program at the University of Chicago's Booth Graduate School of Business.

HighTower is a national, advisor-owned financial services company serving high net worth and institutional clients. Many of HighTower's advisors are breakaway wirehouse brokers with large and established practices. The company is headquartered in Chicago and maintains corporate centers in New York and San Francisco as well as other offices around the country.