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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AlphaCore launches family office unit with $5B Streamline acquisition
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2026
AlphaCore launches family office unit with $5B Streamline acquisition

The independent wealth firm's latest move in Massachusetts a dedicated non-advisory platform for ultra-wealthy families as RIA family office spinoffs keep multiplying.

Warsh-led Fed faces a rate dilemma Trump himself helped create
FIXED INCOME SEP 15, 2026
Warsh-led Fed faces a rate dilemma Trump himself helped create

Tariffs and an energy shock tied to the president's own policies are fueling the inflation that makes his rate-cut demands harder for the central bank to meet.

Savant rebrands tax and consulting arm as it builds out advisory scope
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2026
Savant rebrands tax and consulting arm as it builds out advisory scope

Savant Wealth Management's tax subsidiary is taking a new name and two new partners as the RIA continues layering accounting services onto its wealth platform.

Choreo hires another Edelman alum to newly created C-suite role
RIA NEWS SEP 15, 2026
Choreo hires another Edelman alum to newly created C-suite role

Kelly O'Donnell is the fourth former Edelman Financial Engines leader to join the Chicago RIA's leadership in the past year.

Advisers say value, not just cost, now drives active ETF picks
ETFS SEP 14, 2026
Advisers say value, not just cost, now drives active ETF picks

New survey shows most advisers plan to expand active ETF use, but liquidity fit and structural transparency are increasingly the deciding factors.

Equity comp not enough to secure workers' retirement, Carta data show
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2026
Equity comp not enough to secure workers' retirement, Carta data show

Nearly half of private firms forgo 401(k) plans even as new data ties them to higher stock option uptake among employees.

AI governance, not budget, sets RIA leaders apart: Cerulli
TRANSFORMATION SEP 14, 2026
AI governance, not budget, sets RIA leaders apart: Cerulli

New research finds just 12% of wealth management firms have reached AI leader status, and it isn't spending that separates them

Anthropic unveils RIA-focused AI suite in latest Claude expansion
TECHNOLOGY SEP 14, 2026
Anthropic unveils RIA-focused AI suite in latest Claude expansion

Built in partnership with Dynasty Financial, Schwab, VanguardClaude for Financial Advisors links custodians, CRMs and planning tools for advisor workflows.

Conquest opens AI planning engine to independent advisors
FINTECH SEP 14, 2026
Conquest opens AI planning engine to independent advisors

Self-serve access to Strategic Advice Manager promises onboarding in days, as RIAs weigh how deep to take AI adoption.

Carson Group closes 50 integrated offices with Ohio acquisition
RIA NEWS SEP 14, 2026
Carson Group closes 50 integrated offices with Ohio acquisition

Elios Financial Group joins Carson Wealth as the Omaha RIA adds to a record year of industry dealmaking.