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.

Connect with Leo on LinkedIn or reach him at [email protected].

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FMG names co-founder Christensen as new CEO, reshapes C-suite
FINTECH JAN 15, 2026
FMG names co-founder Christensen as new CEO, reshapes C-suite

Leadership shakeup adds former Salesforce and LPL executives to guide product, data and technology strategy for the advisor-focused platform.

RIA moves: Integrated expands in Kansas with $300M Pisces Wealth
RIA NEWS JAN 14, 2026
RIA moves: Integrated expands in Kansas with $300M Pisces Wealth

Also, Bluespring's latest addition forms a $1.7 billion practice, while Credent unveils a deal double to start its 2026 acquisition season.

Jane Fraser tells Citi staff ‘we are judged on our results’ as AI reshapes jobs
WIREHOUSES JAN 14, 2026
Jane Fraser tells Citi staff ‘we are judged on our results’ as AI reshapes jobs

Memo to 200,000 staff ties tougher performance expectations and job cuts to the banking's push into automation and artificial intelligence.

Empower unveils Blackstone as latest private-market investment partner
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 14, 2026
Empower unveils Blackstone as latest private-market investment partner

Tie-up seeks to deepen retirement-plan access to private markets as advisors weigh diversification benefits, fees, and suitability.

California's billionaire tax would cost more than 5%, warns think tank
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 14, 2026
California's billionaire tax would cost more than 5%, warns think tank

Tax Foundation says some founders, tech executives, and other ultra-wealthy residents could face 'dramatically higher' consequences.

DEI trailblazer says women aren’t a niche — they’re the market
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY JAN 14, 2026
DEI trailblazer says women aren’t a niche — they’re the market

Veteran advisor and InvestmentNews award winner Cary Carbonaro speaks out on the rising urgency around women in wealth, how AI has changed financial literacy, and the importance of raising the bar for the wealth industry.

BlackRock poll shows advisors chasing HNW growth with tax, private market offerings
ALTERNATIVES JAN 14, 2026
BlackRock poll shows advisors chasing HNW growth with tax, private market offerings

Survey points to a disconnect between high-net-worth demand for sophisticated tax guidance and the relatively limited role of after-tax returns in many advisors’ decisions.

Newsom steps up fight against California’s billionaire tax plan
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 13, 2026
Newsom steps up fight against California’s billionaire tax plan

Unions, business groups, and tech titans line up on opposing sides of the measure targeting up to 250 of the state's most fabulously wealthy residents.

iCapital taps Fidelity veteran Gary Gallagher as president
ALTERNATIVES JAN 13, 2026
iCapital taps Fidelity veteran Gary Gallagher as president

The New York-based alts tech platform's latest leadership hire also comes with experience from LPL, Citi, and KPMG.

RIA moves: Creative Planning goes international with Baseline Wealth Management
RIA NEWS JAN 13, 2026
RIA moves: Creative Planning goes international with Baseline Wealth Management

Meanwhile, Beacon Pointe and Elevation Point have each announced transactions involving billion-dollar-plus wealth firms with California, Missouri, and Atlanta footprints.