Steve Randall

 
   

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Steve Randall

   

Senior Financial Journalist

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

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          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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Avantax attracts $330M team to its employee-based model
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 23, 2023
Avantax attracts $330M team to its employee-based model

The two advisors and support staff join the firm in Minnesota.

Team of 16 advisors with $1.5B AUM switch firms to build on 14-year growth
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 22, 2023
Team of 16 advisors with $1.5B AUM switch firms to build on 14-year growth

The firm, founded in 2009 during the financial crisis, is ready for its next phase.

KKR taps Wall Street titan to enhance global climate strategy leadership
RIA NEWS AUG 22, 2023
KKR taps Wall Street titan to enhance global climate strategy leadership

The new hire adds weight to the investment firm's global infrastructure platform.

Most Americans don't know how long an average retirement lasts
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 22, 2023
Most Americans don't know how long an average retirement lasts

Clients want to talk about retirement planning, so let's start with one of the basics.

Wealth and asset firms expect US recession, weakened industry growth
RIA NEWS AUG 21, 2023
Wealth and asset firms expect US recession, weakened industry growth

Dual-industry surveys reveal some big challenges ahead.

Royalties and cancer treatments: Thematic ETFs take new directions  
ETFS AUG 21, 2023
Royalties and cancer treatments: Thematic ETFs take new directions  

Tema ETFs providing new opportunities for diversified portfolios.

Market performance pushes DB pension plans further into positive territory
RIA NEWS AUG 18, 2023
Market performance pushes DB pension plans further into positive territory

Milliman reports a further rise in defined-benefit plans' funded ratio.

Almost half of student loan debtors want more help to ease 'national crisis'
RIA NEWS AUG 18, 2023
Almost half of student loan debtors want more help to ease 'national crisis'

Even among those without outstanding education borrowing, a sizable share say it's a crisis.

Advisors shouldn't talk to clients about aging, most don't like it
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 18, 2023
Advisors shouldn't talk to clients about aging, most don't like it

Growing old ain't what it used to be, and neither is retirement planning.

Edward Jones to offer banking services
RIA NEWS AUG 17, 2023
Edward Jones to offer banking services

The wealth management firm will offer its clients checking and savings accounts and potentially other banking products.