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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Retail investors embrace brokerage, ETFs, crypto as product awareness surges to new record
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 21, 2025
Retail investors embrace brokerage, ETFs, crypto as product awareness surges to new record

Household familiarity with investment products climbs to 85%, fueling new growth paths for managers.

What's behind the $6.9T blind spot undermining private markets push?
ALTERNATIVES NOV 20, 2025
What's behind the $6.9T blind spot undermining private markets push?

Report highlights behavioral misalignment leading to under-allocation.

What does Goldman Sachs see as the big themes for 2026?
EQUITIES NOV 20, 2025
What does Goldman Sachs see as the big themes for 2026?

Firm's senior investment leaders have been speaking at a roundtable.

Edward Jones to acquire Franklin Templeton unit to expand in the Great White North
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 19, 2025
Edward Jones to acquire Franklin Templeton unit to expand in the Great White North

The deal will help Edward Jones provide a more comprehensive wealth management offering.

AI is transforming estate planning into a mainstream financial essential, says wealth.com CEO
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 19, 2025
AI is transforming estate planning into a mainstream financial essential, says wealth.com CEO

Rafael Loureiro tells InvestmentNews that technology is democratizing estate planning.

Americans face the reality of a 40-year retirement with most not ready, says new study
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2025
Americans face the reality of a 40-year retirement with most not ready, says new study

New longevity data reveals rising stress, earlier retirements, and widening generational divides

Advisors race to reinvent as new retirement pressures reshape the consulting playbook
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2025
Advisors race to reinvent as new retirement pressures reshape the consulting playbook

Consultants expand services, embrace tech and pursue new markets to stay ahead of client needs.

UBS breakaways launch new independent national RIA with offices on both coasts
WIREHOUSES NOV 17, 2025
UBS breakaways launch new independent national RIA with offices on both coasts

Former $6B managing directors Cleary and Devine's two-decade partnership drives 71 West Capital Partners.

Fintechs should look to this untapped talent pool for candidates, says Farther's Genser
FINTECH NOV 17, 2025
Fintechs should look to this untapped talent pool for candidates, says Farther's Genser

Co-founder and CTO talks about discipline, mission, and the future of high-stakes tech.

How growing access to private markets is reshaping wealth advisory firms
ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2025
How growing access to private markets is reshaping wealth advisory firms

Allocate's Peter Epstein tells InvestmentNews there's opportunity and operational burden for wealth managers.