City National Expands Entertainment Team in New York, Hires Wealth Advisor John Brouillard

LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City National Bank, America's Premier Private and Business Bank^SM, announced today that it has hired John Brouillard as a vice president and wealth advisor with the bank's Entertainment team in New York.

Brouillard will be responsible for growing the Entertainment team's already robust wealth management business in New York by working closely with the team's seasoned relationship managers. He will be working with all investment platforms offered by City National, including City National Rochdale and Convergent Wealth Advisors.

Prior to joining City National, Brouillard served as a portfolio manager with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he managed small cap equity portfolios on Merrill Lynch's $600 billion managed accounts platform.

"City National's Entertainment team continues to grow since we opened in New York more than a decade ago," said Rich McCune, team manager for Entertainment in New York with City National Bank. "We are very pleased to have John join our team. He has a wide range of experience and is well-known here in New York."

City National, sometimes known as "Bank to the Stars," provides banking services to the entertainment industry nationwide, as well as to entertainment law firms, accounting firms and others. City National is now the official bank of the 2015 Tony Awards® and provides banking services for nearly half of all Broadway shows, as well as offering film and music financing. Also recognized for expertise in wealth management, City National has been named a top wealth manager by Barron's for 14 years in a row.

Brouillard earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Colgate University and his master's degree in business administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.

For an image of Brouillard, go to: https://www.cnb.com/PublishingImages/John-Brouillard.jpg.

About City National

City National Corporation CYN has $32.6 billion in assets. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank, provides banking, investment and trust services through 75 offices, including 16 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada, New York City, Nashville and Atlanta. City National and its investment affiliates manage or administer $60.8 billion in client investment assets, including $48.1 billion under direct management.

For more information about City National, visit the company's Web site at cnb.com.