Leo Almazora

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Leo Francis Almazora

Senior Journalist

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

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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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Fintech bytes: Envestnet's Bill Crager wants to fix tech's disconnection dilemma
FINTECH MAY 27, 2026
Fintech bytes: Envestnet's Bill Crager wants to fix tech's disconnection dilemma

Virtual family office platform Strad and Ai-native CRM slant are also supporting centralization for advisors with newly inked partnerships.

Mega-IPOs set to force reckoning for mutual funds, ETFs as indexes reshuffle
EQUITIES MAY 27, 2026
Mega-IPOs set to force reckoning for mutual funds, ETFs as indexes reshuffle

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic listings could trigger billions in passive fund rebalancing as index rules accelerate benchmark entry.

Advisor moves: Cetera's Commonwealth pitch draws public sector-focused veteran
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 27, 2026
Advisor moves: Cetera's Commonwealth pitch draws public sector-focused veteran

Meanwhile, Raymond James' employee arm welcomes a $550 million advisor from JP Morgan, and LPL attracts another advisor trio from D.A. Davidson.

SEC to lose Hester Peirce, deepening a commissioner crisis
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 22, 2026
SEC to lose Hester Peirce, deepening a commissioner crisis

The "Crypto Mom" departure would leave the SEC commission with just two members and no Democratic commissioners on the panel.

Fintech bytes: Vanilla, Wealth.com forge new estate planning partnerships
FINTECH MAY 22, 2026
Fintech bytes: Vanilla, Wealth.com forge new estate planning partnerships

Meanwhile, a Osaic and Envestnet ink a new adaptive wealthtech partnership to better support the firm's 10,000-plus advisors, and RIA-focused VastAdvisor unveils native integrations with leading CRMs.

Fiduciary failure: Ex-advisor who sold practice fined after clients lost millions
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 22, 2026
Fiduciary failure: Ex-advisor who sold practice fined after clients lost millions

A former Alabama investment advisor and ex-Kestra rep has been permanently barred and penalized after clients he promised to protect got caught in a $2.6 million fraud.

RIA wrap: Robinhood's TradePMR scores as $3B Wells Fargo team launches indie RIA
RIA NEWS MAY 22, 2026
RIA wrap: Robinhood's TradePMR scores as $3B Wells Fargo team launches indie RIA

Meanwhile, Farther and Brooklyn Fi land separate strategic investments to support scaling and expansion efforts, and Arkadios adds a nearly $300 million team to its independent growth platform.

Edelman welcomes new CFO, reshuffles senior leadership in bid to accelerate organic growth
RIA NEWS MAY 21, 2026
Edelman welcomes new CFO, reshuffles senior leadership in bid to accelerate organic growth

The firm has hired Sageview's Steve Gaven as chief financial officer, along with Goldman and JPMorgan alum Ro Mehrotra as it builds out its wealth planning structure under a new ownership era.

Vanguard adds dynamic model portfolios as active-passive demand grows
ETFS MAY 21, 2026
Vanguard adds dynamic model portfolios as active-passive demand grows

The giant asset manager's latest foray into blended portfolios extends its efforts to support financial advisors' growth at scale.

Advisor moves: LPL recruitment momentum continues with $815M Northwestern Mutual team
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 21, 2026
Advisor moves: LPL recruitment momentum continues with $815M Northwestern Mutual team

Meanwhile, Raymond James and Tritonpoint Partners separately welcomed father-son teams, including a breakaway from UBS in Missouri.