Bruce and Jeff talk to Louis Diamond, president of Diamond Consultants, about First Republic Bank, JPMorgan's role as its acquirer, and what the road ahead may look like for the First Republic brokers and clients. They also discuss the road paved by Louis' mother, Mindy Diamond, who started Diamond Consultants at a time when a woman leader in the industry wasn't common.
The Wisconsin-based firm with $220 million in client assets had been with Associated Investment Services; it will join Commonwealth via an affiliated firm, Integrated Equity Management.
The firm, with offices in Spokane and Seattle, Washington, oversees $1 billion in assets.
The father-son duo of Jeffrey and Justin Katz are joining LPL’s employee channel and will operate as Katz Wealth Advisors of LPL Financial.
Women are underrepresented in the advice industry, but at some independent broker-dealers, they make up a significant portion of the producing reps.
AmeriFlex Premier+ will allow advisory firm clients to look at possible future outcomes that could result from their planning decisions.
Thomas Reynolds and Kathleen Gfrorer of Oakbrook-based Landmark Capital are closing their RIA to join LPL’s corporate RIA.
InvestmentNews Research identifies the independent broker-dealers whose reps took home the highest average payouts last year.
Ray Vars, portfolio specialist at Harding Loevner, joins InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg in the Nasdaq to discuss investment opportunities in international and emerging market stocks.
Realized CEO David Wieland sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to discuss the state of commercial real estate and how investors can gain exposure to the asset class.
