Leo Almazora

Leo Almazora is a senior journalist at InvestmentNews. Having been with IN since February 2024, he covers the full spectrum of wealth management — equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, and wealth technology — drawing on nearly a decade of reporting experience built through direct conversations with portfolio managers, financial advisors, and industry insiders.

Before joining InvestmentNews, Leo spent years developing deep fluency in the language of financial professionals, giving him an instinct for what matters to advisors and their clients alike.

Outside the newsroom, he's a runner (one marathon down, one more on the horizon), a singer, a dance enthusiast, a cyclist, and an audiobook devotee – sometimes all at once.

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Goldman's private credit fund sidesteps redemption crunch that hit rivals
ALTERNATIVES APR 08, 2026
Goldman's private credit fund sidesteps redemption crunch that hit rivals

With more than $8 billion trapped across the industry and rivals capping withdrawals, the firm is now moving to capitalize on easing competition among lenders.

CM Wealth, Perigon announce C-suite additions
RIA NEWS APR 08, 2026
CM Wealth, Perigon announce C-suite additions

Paul Bodnar takes the helm at CM Wealth after a decade-long succession plan, while Perigon brings on its first chief people officer as the firm scales past $11 billion in client assets.

Citi turns up the heat on wealth bankers as it races to close the gap with rivals
WIREHOUSES APR 07, 2026
Citi turns up the heat on wealth bankers as it races to close the gap with rivals

In the most aggressive cases, the bank's new revenue targets would effectively double some bankers' required output from a year ago — which some insiders say is simply out of reach.

OpenAI calls for taxing AI use to shore up fraying safety nets
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2026
OpenAI calls for taxing AI use to shore up fraying safety nets

If robots are taking jobs, the argument goes, they should pay into the system those jobs used to support — and CEO Sam Altman is now making that case to Washington.

Hightower advances Signature Wealth arm with $3.2B super-ensemble in Massachusetts
RIA NEWS APR 07, 2026
Hightower advances Signature Wealth arm with $3.2B super-ensemble in Massachusetts

Lexington Wealth Management becomes the second external acquisition for HTSW, pushing the mega-RIA's W-2 advisory platform past $29 billion in assets.

Orion, Pontera deepen partnership with Eclipse integration
TECHNOLOGY APR 07, 2026
Orion, Pontera deepen partnership with Eclipse integration

The move gives advisors a more unified view of household assets, bringing 401(k) and other workplace retirement plan data into the portfolio design and trading picture.

Anthropic's Claude code leak: Should RIA firms and advisors be worried?
FINTECH APR 06, 2026
Anthropic's Claude code leak: Should RIA firms and advisors be worried?

No PII has reportedly been breached, but advisors and wealth tech execs say it should raise tough questions about data security and AI vendor risk management.

Treasury taps BNY and Robinhood to run Trump Accounts for kids
RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 06, 2026
Treasury taps BNY and Robinhood to run Trump Accounts for kids

With millions of children already enrolled ahead of a July 4 launch, the accounts will eventually be made portable to other custodians — opening a new competitive front for advisors.

Despite doing their own research, finfluencer followers and social media users face higher fraud risk
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 06, 2026
Despite doing their own research, finfluencer followers and social media users face higher fraud risk

New FINRA study finds overconfidence in investment knowledge – not a lack of due diligence – may be driving elevated fraud losses among digitally comfortable investors.

Jamie Dimon's three-pronged warning: Iran inflation risk, private credit cracks, and AI's unknowns
EQUITIES APR 06, 2026
Jamie Dimon's three-pronged warning: Iran inflation risk, private credit cracks, and AI's unknowns

The JPMorgan chief''s annual letter points to the '70s oil-shock recession, private credit losses running "a little higher than they should be," and "second- and third-order effects" from emerging AI technology.