DeVoe & Company projects RIA M&A activity to keep rising, while another industry dealmaker expects private equity's minority investments to expand into smaller RIAs sub-$2 billion in assets.
Basing financial advice on clients' holistic financial picture, rather than specific needs in isolation, makes for stronger and more sustainable results.
The brokerage industry regulator cited gaps in surveillance, customer due diligence, and red-flag escalation across the firm’s sprawling retail and cross-border business.
InvestmentNews finds out more from FT’s head of industry advisory services
Specialist law firm founder Corey Kupfer shares his insights with InvestmentNews
The move to be finalized by mid-2026 would take the active asset manager private as backers pitch AI and tech investment to revive growth.
The serial acquirer with more than $130 billion in estimated AUM is making its debut in Louisiana with a Baton Rouge-based high-net-worth practice.
Reduced Medicaid spending as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will create a more complex and challenging near-term environment for municipal bond investors.
The $50 billion employee-owned RIA looks to use new debt and equity funding to accelerate recruiting, M&A and tech investment while keeping advisors in control of the business.
“The 2025 tariffs caused difficulties in the market,” said Mark Zalatoris, CEO of the Inland Real Estate Income Trust Inc. “Investors in real estate are looking at uncertainty."
The latest advisors jumping to the wirehouse's traditional brokerage and FiNet channels include defectors from Edward Jones, Ameriprise, and UBS.
Backed by Venrock and a roster of strategic wealth executives, the AI prospecting startup is doubling down on its efforts to support advisors' data-driven outreach.
Acquisition takes firm’s total client assets above $132 billion following a strong end to the year’s M&A.
Firm’s head of RIA client strategy talks to InvestmentNews about current trends, 2026 expectations for the industry.
President Donald J. Trump last month commuted Gentile’s sentence, leaving many in the financial advice industry in disbelief.
Seismic’s Kerry Ryan tells InvestmentNews how wealth and asset managers are using AI to personalize advice and redefine the advisor role
New comprehensive survey data shows retirees balancing joy, well-being and economic concern.
New guidance highlights a risk‑based approach, pressing firms to formalize review processes, clarify business‑record obligations, and align AI deployment with fiduciary duties.
In one instance, the advisor recommended an 81-year-old client, with an annual income of less than $50,000 and a net worth of $100,000 buy $96,000 of GWG L bonds.
EP Wealth also expanded in Phoenix with a father-and-son led planning firm, while Integrated Partners extended its reach in Michigan.
