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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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  • B.S. in Journalism, Ohio University
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MAI advisor Joe McLean debuts athlete podcast with Eli Manning
RIA NEWS JAN 14, 2026
MAI advisor Joe McLean debuts athlete podcast with Eli Manning

The managing partner behind MAI Capital Management’s sports and entertainment business says working with top athletes means you 'can't be afraid to say no to some things.'

Hightower adds second chief compliance officer amid broader restructuring
RIA NEWS JAN 14, 2026
Hightower adds second chief compliance officer amid broader restructuring

Bob Lavigne’s arrival as CCO formalizes a dual-compliance structure following the launch of Hightower Signature Wealth to consolidate RIAs under a single brand.

How CEO Ryan Parker keeps EP Wealth from becoming a ‘big corporate machine’
RIA NEWS JAN 13, 2026
How CEO Ryan Parker keeps EP Wealth from becoming a ‘big corporate machine’

As EP Wealth more than doubles in size, the $40 billion RIA insists on 'not growing into some big corporate machine where either clients or employees become nameless, faceless numbers.'

SEC proposal could ease 'one-size-fits-all' compliance burden on advisors
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 12, 2026
SEC proposal could ease 'one-size-fits-all' compliance burden on advisors

Only 3% of SEC-registered RIAs qualify as small entities under the agency's current threshold, but about 75% would qualify under the proposed new definition.

SEC targets disclosure failures tied to paid advisor ratings, awards
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 09, 2026
SEC targets disclosure failures tied to paid advisor ratings, awards

Sources tell InvestmentNews the SEC is sharpening its focus on how RIAs disclose payments connected to third-party ratings, warning that omissions can be misleading.

Goldman Sachs Ayco adds Creative Planning to growing RIA referral program
RIA NEWS JAN 07, 2026
Goldman Sachs Ayco adds Creative Planning to growing RIA referral program

The Kansas-based $640 billion firm, which bought United Capital from Goldman Sachs in 2023, now joins Wealth Enhancement and Mercer in building out the new RIA referral program from Goldman.

Goldman enters RIA referral market with two mega-RIAs and ties to Hightower CEO
RIA NEWS JAN 06, 2026
Goldman enters RIA referral market with two mega-RIAs and ties to Hightower CEO

Mercer and Wealth Enhancement will receive client referrals from Goldman Sachs Ayco, which was previously led by Hightower Advisors CEO Larry Restieri.

Carson Group lawsuit ends with dismissal as ex-CMO drops case without settlement
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 06, 2026
Carson Group lawsuit ends with dismissal as ex-CMO drops case without settlement

Firm 'satisfied' with resolution. Mary-Kate Gulick tells InvestmentNews: 'I needed this to be over.'

Robinhood, Schwab to match $1,000 for employees’ Trump Accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 24, 2025
Robinhood, Schwab to match $1,000 for employees’ Trump Accounts

Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said matching federal Trump Account contributions reflects a push to get more Americans invested early, as Robinhood echoed its mission to “democratize finance.”

RIA M&A poised for another record year in 2026, DeVoe finds
RIA NEWS DEC 23, 2025
RIA M&A poised for another record year in 2026, DeVoe finds

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.