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Andrew Cohen

   

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Andrew Cohen is a financial journalist covering registered investment advisors (RIAs) and wealth management for InvestmentNews, based in New York. He brings hands-on beat experience reporting on RIA consolidation, independent advisory growth, and the evolving wealth management landscape across the United States. Prior to joining InvestmentNews, Andrew reported on family offices and private wealth as a reporter for Crain Currency. He has spent several years covering business journalism across a range of industries, including roles at Sports Business Journal and Front Office Sports.

     
     

How I think about writing for this industry…

     
       

“My reporting focuses on how competitive strategy, technology, regulation, and advisor movement are shaping the wealth management industry. Much of my work is through the lens of private equity's influence on RIAs.”

     
     
       

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  • Crain Currency
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  • Sports Business Journal
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  • B.S. in Journalism, Ohio University
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Robinhood, Savvy Wealth tap April for AI-powered tax filings
FINTECH FEB 26, 2026
Robinhood, Savvy Wealth tap April for AI-powered tax filings

April has already handled more than $1 billion in refunds this tax season, offering advisors the ability to model the tax impact of client decisions like large stock sales or Roth conversions.

LPL, Orion add Anthropic's new AI for advisors
BOLT-ONS FEB 25, 2026
LPL, Orion add Anthropic's new AI for advisors

Anthropic's new Claude integrations target RIAs, broker dealers, custodians, TAMPs, as new research from DeepVest finds mainstream AI models produce errors on 85 percent of investment management prompts.

BIP Wealth becomes 15th RIA to score minority investment from Constellation Wealth Capital
RIA NEWS FEB 24, 2026
BIP Wealth becomes 15th RIA to score minority investment from Constellation Wealth Capital

Atlanta-based BIP Wealth plans to target RIAs with $250M to $1.5B in assets in M&A as it eyes growing from its current $5.5 billion total AUM to $20 billion and beyond.

Fidelity M&A report finds growing pool of RIA buyers
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS FEB 23, 2026
Fidelity M&A report finds growing pool of RIA buyers

A record 102 acquirers entered the market last year, but 20 firms captured more than half of all acquired assets, according to Fidelity’s latest M&A report.

Merrill moves to lift court stay as Dynasty arbitration fight intensifies
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE FEB 20, 2026
Merrill moves to lift court stay as Dynasty arbitration fight intensifies

As the OpenArc litigation drags on, Merrill Lynch is absorbing another recruiting blow with a $1 billion advisor team defecting to Janney Montgomery Scott.

Sports team owners top hedge fund earnings list
ALTERNATIVES FEB 19, 2026
Sports team owners top hedge fund earnings list

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper rank as Bloomberg's highest-paid hedge fund managers as sports investing becomes increasingly popular.

‘AI-native operating systems’ get buy-in from mega-RIAs
TRANSFORMATION FEB 19, 2026
‘AI-native operating systems’ get buy-in from mega-RIAs

Jump and Avantos each raised big funding rounds this week, marketing themselves as “AI-native operating systems” for advisors at top RIAs and custodians—counting Mercer, Merit, Focus Financial Partners, SEI and Vanguard as early adopters.

Constellation-backed Bogart Wealth prepares to enter M&A market
RIA NEWS FEB 18, 2026
Constellation-backed Bogart Wealth prepares to enter M&A market

After reaching $3.5 billion AUM driven entirely by organic growth, Virginia-based firm targets acquisitions between $400M and $3B in assets as part of its aim to reach $22 billion by 2033.

Google-linked RIA Farther rolls out AI Analyst for advisors
TRANSFORMATION FEB 17, 2026
Google-linked RIA Farther rolls out AI Analyst for advisors

The $15 billion RIA’s new AI Analyst scans client data to flag tax risks, cash imbalances, market exposure and life events, giving advisors a head start on client outreach. Farther's investors include CapitalG, a fund from Google's parent company Alphabet.

Performance pay linked to stronger RIA growth, Schwab finds
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (GORIA) FEB 13, 2026
Performance pay linked to stronger RIA growth, Schwab finds

Schwab's RIA Compensation Report shows firms that offer performance-based compensation generate 24% higher revenue and serve 43% more clients over five years compared to firms without performance-based staff incentives.