Leo Almazora

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Leo Francis Almazora

Senior Journalist

10 years experience1,025,285 Total views on InvestmentNews in 2025

Leo's specialty topics

RIAs Alternative investments Fintech Mutual funds Practice management

Leo Almazora is the resident US news writer at InvestmentNews, a role he has held since February 2024. He covers a broad range of topics central to the financial advisory industry, including broker-dealer news, registered investment advisor (RIA) activity, advisor recruitment and moves, retirement planning, elder fraud, and wealth technology across the United States. Leo brings nearly a decade of financial journalism experience to his reporting, having developed deep expertise in equities, fixed income, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), alternative investments, and wealthtech through extensive conversations with portfolio managers, financial advisors, and industry executives.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“After a decade of covering wealth management from the Canadian and US perspectives, I've chosen to see this space as a rich industry filled with motivated individuals working against forces that go against their clients' best interest. It's been encouraging to watch the industry from purely focusing on investment products to a more holistic approach that includes financial planning, risk management, retirement planning, charitable giving, and legacy conversations.”

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Featured content from Leo

Pontera cries 'anticompetitive,' Fidelity cites cyber safety in credential sharing standoff 'This came out of the blue': Why firms are pushing back against New Jersey's proposed independent contractor rule From breakaways to breakouts: How Altruist's Jason Wenk sees next-gen RIAs moving forward

Previous experience

  • Key Media — US News Writer
  • Key Meda — Canada editor
  • Key Media — News editor
  • Key Meda — Business journalist

Education

  • Masters in Applied Business Economics, University of Asia and the Pacific
  • Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines

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Max and Fieldpoint Private launch private banking platform for RIAs
TECHNOLOGY AUG 31, 2026
Max and Fieldpoint Private launch private banking platform for RIAs

The Benchmark platform embeds private banking directly into advisors' workflows, addressing a gap for independent RIAs looking to cut the cord from wirehouses.

&Partners lands $838 million Bellevue team from Wells Fargo
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2026
&Partners lands $838 million Bellevue team from Wells Fargo

Crown Legacy Wealth joins the fast-growing hybrid RIA as advisor recruitment intensifies across the wirehouse channel.

RIAs pivot hard into tech ETFs as model portfolios reshape demand
ETFS AUG 31, 2026
RIAs pivot hard into tech ETFs as model portfolios reshape demand

Q2 data shows advisors piling into AI and semiconductor funds, while ISS finds model portfolios now drive over a third of ETF assets.

HSA participation hits record high, but retirement strategy lags, PSCA finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 31, 2026
HSA participation hits record high, but retirement strategy lags, PSCA finds

New survey data show record contributions and investing gains, even as employer education on retirement use stays limited

Amplify lands Brookwood partnership as RIA data platform push accelerates
FINTECH AUG 31, 2026
Amplify lands Brookwood partnership as RIA data platform push accelerates

Phoenix-based Brookwood Investment Group taps the AI-native wealthtech firm as its advisor count and AUM keep climbing

Cetera lands $2.1 billion LPL OSJ in latest West Coast move
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2026
Cetera lands $2.1 billion LPL OSJ in latest West Coast move

San Diego broker-dealer giant picks up California-based Sierra Ridge and its roughly 40 advisors, who had been affiliated with LPL for just over a year.

Ex-Raymond James duo launch Proxima on Concurrent's platform
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2026
Ex-Raymond James duo launch Proxima on Concurrent's platform

Chris Davitt and Anupam Singh bring institutional recruiting muscle to a firm built for advisors chasing equity and independence.

Osaic names Sayee Bellamkonda as first chief AI and technology officer
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 27, 2026
Osaic names Sayee Bellamkonda as first chief AI and technology officer

Appointment continues a wave of AI leadership hires reshaping wealth management as advisory firms race to build out digital and data infrastructure.

Practifi rolls out AI CRM amid RIA tech arms race
FINTECH AUG 27, 2026
Practifi rolls out AI CRM amid RIA tech arms race

Sentir joins a wave of AI-native launches as RIA firms seek a competitive edge from CRMs and artificial intelligence use.

april adds IRS tax data to platform as more RIAs seek a tax service edge
FINTECH AUG 27, 2026
april adds IRS tax data to platform as more RIAs seek a tax service edge

Advisors gain a direct line to client tax transcripts as new data shows tax services increasingly separate top-performing firms from the pack.