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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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.

Angeles Wealth makes maiden acquisition with XO Capital deal
RIA NEWS JAN 13, 2026
Angeles Wealth makes maiden acquisition with XO Capital deal

RIA’s new Angeles Family Office unit pushes deeper into services for generationally wealthy households amid a boom in “family office” branding.

Advisors warm to AI, but still have trust issues
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 13, 2026
Advisors warm to AI, but still have trust issues

Advisor360 survey finds RIA, broker-dealer, and bank advisors leaning on AI for meetings and CRM updates, but remain wary of handing it the keys to advice decisions.