Steve Randall

 
   

InvestmentNews

   

Steve Randall

   

Senior Financial Journalist

   
30+ years experience   386,794 views on InvestmentNews in 2025
     
 
   
     
       

Steve's specialty topics

       
          Retirement planning           ETFs           Practice management           Wealth technology        
     
     
       

Steve Randall is a senior financial journalist at InvestmentNews, covering equities, fixed income, retirement planning, regulatory enforcement, fintech, and alternative investments for financial advisors and wealth management professionals across the United States. He is the author of the Morning Briefing newsletter, which reaches thousands of financial professionals daily. Steve brings more than three decades of media experience across digital, print, radio, and podcasting to his reporting, and has covered the financial services industry since 2014. His work spans Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement trends, Federal Reserve policy, RIA mergers and acquisitions, and the evolving role of artificial intelligence in wealth management.

     
     

How I think about writing for this industry…

     
       

“The evolving investment and advisory space is an exciting one, especially with technology and changing client demand. Keeping advisors updated and sharing their insights is a unique honor.”

     
     
       

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Finra extends feedback period on rule modernization
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 08, 2025
Finra extends feedback period on rule modernization

Regulator wants to know which rules are outdated

Fixed income, alternative investments were powerful combo in Q1
EQUITIES MAY 07, 2025
Fixed income, alternative investments were powerful combo in Q1

Large US institutional funds fared better with a lower allocation to equities.

Raymond James, Janney expand their reach with new advisors
RIA NEWS MAY 07, 2025
Raymond James, Janney expand their reach with new advisors

The firms have added $285M and $400M respectively to their AUM

What is Balefire, the new $3.7B RIA firm that wants to 10x AUM in a decade?
RIA NEWS MAY 06, 2025
What is Balefire, the new $3.7B RIA firm that wants to 10x AUM in a decade?

Two legacy teams unite under a new banner with clients in 39 states

Helping wealthy Americans evade tax just cost Credit Suisse $511M
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 06, 2025
Helping wealthy Americans evade tax just cost Credit Suisse $511M

Action follows years of investigation by US law enforcement.

Goldman Sachs to offer public-private model portfolios for RIAs
RIA NEWS MAY 06, 2025
Goldman Sachs to offer public-private model portfolios for RIAs

Solution aims to ease managing diversified private markets allocations at scale.

US futures lower but global markets rise amid renewed hopes of Trump deals
EQUITIES MAY 05, 2025
US futures lower but global markets rise amid renewed hopes of Trump deals

But foreign movies are now deemed a ‘national security risk’

Warren Buffett stuns investors with retirement from $1T Berkshire Hathaway
RIA NEWS MAY 04, 2025
Warren Buffett stuns investors with retirement from $1T Berkshire Hathaway

Veteran investor to step down aged 94, as earnings disappoint

Mariner, Savant announce acquisitions worth almost $1.5B
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2025
Mariner, Savant announce acquisitions worth almost $1.5B

Firms expand geographic footprint, capabilities in latest M&A activity

US ETF flows slowed to lowest in a year as trade policy spooked investors
ETFS MAY 02, 2025
US ETF flows slowed to lowest in a year as trade policy spooked investors

Financials posted the second largest sectoral outflows