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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Advisor moves: Raymond James lands $1.25B team as Merrill loses two
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 25, 2026
Advisor moves: Raymond James lands $1.25B team as Merrill loses two

Iowa's Greenwood Wealth Partners exits D.M. Kelly as UBS and Ameriprise win Merrill Lynch recruits in California and Florida

Private business owners selling now are often unprepared, BNY survey says
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 25, 2026
Private business owners selling now are often unprepared, BNY survey says

Only 48% of sellers are ready when buyer due diligence begins, a BNY Wealth survey of 354 deal advisors finds, as exit planning starts too late

Fintech bytes: Northwestern Mutual picks Jump for enterprise AI
FINTECH SEP 25, 2026
Fintech bytes: Northwestern Mutual picks Jump for enterprise AI

Plus, SEIA builds a governed data foundation for its in-house AI and Snappy Kraken debuts a read-only marketing coworker for advisors.

People moves: AllianceBernstein names Onur Erzan as next CEO
FINTECH SEP 25, 2026
People moves: AllianceBernstein names Onur Erzan as next CEO

Broadridge, Wedbush and Alaris Acquisitions have also filled senior wealth management roles with hires from J.P. Morgan, Osaic and SageView.

Private equity faces challenge from Warren's revived Stop Wall Street Looting Act
ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2026
Private equity faces challenge from Warren's revived Stop Wall Street Looting Act

Bill would make PE firms liable for portfolio company debts and close carried interest loophole as alternatives push into 401(k)s.

CFP Board survey: Social Security, Medicare fears top client concerns
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 24, 2026
CFP Board survey: Social Security, Medicare fears top client concerns

Half of planners have seen clients raid retirement savings or cut contributions as affordability pressures mount, CFP Board finds

Altruist opens pre-IPO deals to RIA clients as AI listings loom
CUSTODIAN SEP 24, 2026
Altruist opens pre-IPO deals to RIA clients as AI listings loom

The Vanguard-bound RIA custodian is now letting advisors subscribe clients to late-stage private company SPVs from inside its platform.

Advisor moves: LPL welcomes back RayJay advisor trio in Texas
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 24, 2026
Advisor moves: LPL welcomes back RayJay advisor trio in Texas

Meanwhile, &Partners has drawn another Wells Fargo team based in Missouri, while an experienced South Carolina advisor has returned to Cetera from LPL.

Fed's Williams sees another rate hike as Treasury rout deepens
FIXED INCOME SEP 24, 2026
Fed's Williams sees another rate hike as Treasury rout deepens

Williams' comments land amid a bond selloff that sent the 30-year Treasury yield to a 2004 high and pushed mortgage rates near 7%.

FINRA fines Vanguard $950,000 over decade of cost basis errors
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 24, 2026
FINRA fines Vanguard $950,000 over decade of cost basis errors

Faulty Forms 1099 and account statements reportedly left some Vanguard brokerage customers overpaying or underpaying taxes for over a decade.