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M&A roundup: Creative Planning, Bluespring, Atlas announce activity this week
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2025
M&A roundup: Creative Planning, Bluespring, Atlas announce activity this week

Latest mergers and acquisitions reflect continued rise of industry dealmaking.

By Steve Randall
Advisor moves: LPL welcomes $750M Osaic team, Raymond James recruits Wells Fargo duo in New York
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2025
Advisor moves: LPL welcomes $750M Osaic team, Raymond James recruits Wells Fargo duo in New York

Elsewhere in Utah, Raymond James also welcomed another experienced advisor from D.A. Davidson.

By Leo Almazora
UBS loses arbitration battle in fiduciary fight over foundation funds
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2025
UBS loses arbitration battle in fiduciary fight over foundation funds

A federal appeals court says UBS can’t force arbitration in a trustee lawsuit over alleged fiduciary breaches involving millions in charitable assets.

By Matthew Sellers
RIA moves: NorthRock adds $800M Parkside Advisors, NFP acquires Levine Group in Tennessee
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2025
RIA moves: NorthRock adds $800M Parkside Advisors, NFP acquires Levine Group in Tennessee

NorthRock Partners' second deal of 2025 expands its Bay Area presence with a planning practice for tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners.

By Leo Almazora
Three easy ways to boost your firm’s impact this summer
OPINION JUL 15, 2025
Three easy ways to boost your firm’s impact this summer

Rather than big projects and ambitious revamps, a few small but consequential tweaks could make all the difference while still leaving time for well-deserved days off.

By Kristine McManus
Hightower taps Osaic alum Scott Hadley as first chief advisory officer, expands C-suite
RIA NEWS JUL 15, 2025
Hightower taps Osaic alum Scott Hadley as first chief advisory officer, expands C-suite

Hadley, whose time at Goldman included working with newly appointed CEO Larry Restieri, will lead the firm's efforts at advisor engagement, growth initiatives, and practice management support.

By Leo Almazora
Clients are nervous about volatility, but advisors know they need to stay the course
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2025
Clients are nervous about volatility, but advisors know they need to stay the course

Survey reveals how cutting through the noise is advisors' superpower.

By Steve Randall
Why the 'forgotten generation' is a powerful force in wealth management, consumerism
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2025
Why the 'forgotten generation' is a powerful force in wealth management, consumerism

Gen X is a powerful cohort that controls huge wealth but also faces retirement challenges.

By Steve Randall
RIA moves: True North adds $353M California RIA as SageView grows North Carolina presence
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 14, 2025
RIA moves: True North adds $353M California RIA as SageView grows North Carolina presence

Plus, a $400 million Commonwealth team departs to launch an independent family-run RIA in the East Bay area.

By Leo Almazora
Top Commonwealth advisor to recruiters: Stop with the cold calls already!
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 14, 2025
Top Commonwealth advisor to recruiters: Stop with the cold calls already!

"I respectfully request that all recruiters for other BDs discontinue their efforts to contact me," writes Thomas Bartholomew.

By Bruce Kelly
Blue Owl Capital, Voya strike private market partnership for retirement plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 14, 2025
Blue Owl Capital, Voya strike private market partnership for retirement plans

The collaboration will focus initially on strategies within collective investment trusts in DC plans, with plans to expand to other retirement-focused private investment solutions.

By Leo Almazora
Why AI notetakers alone can't fix 'broken' advisor meetings
FINTECH JUL 14, 2025
Why AI notetakers alone can't fix 'broken' advisor meetings

Wealth tech veteran Aaron Klein speaks out against the "misery" of client meetings, why advisors' communication skills don't always help, and AI's potential to make bad meetings "100 times better."

By Leo Almazora
Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Wells Fargo to settle Archegos trades lawsuit
WIREHOUSES JUL 14, 2025
Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Wells Fargo to settle Archegos trades lawsuit

The proposed $120 million settlement would close the book on a legal challenge alleging the Wall Street banks failed to disclose crucial conflicts of interest to investors.

By Bloomberg
Fintech bytes: Envestnet taps Quackenbush for C-suite role, TIFIN unveils global LLM hub
FINTECH JUL 14, 2025
Fintech bytes: Envestnet taps Quackenbush for C-suite role, TIFIN unveils global LLM hub

Sue Quackenbush brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to "align people strategies with a growth-oriented culture" at Envestnet.

By Leo Almazora
Senator Warren presses Empower for more details on PE in 401(k) plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 14, 2025
Senator Warren presses Empower for more details on PE in 401(k) plans

The Democrat from Massachusetts is pushing the retirement plan giant to explain how it would protect participants from risks linked to private markets.

By Leo Almazora
Small business owners feeling pressure from economy, succession gaps and AI stress
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 14, 2025
Small business owners feeling pressure from economy, succession gaps and AI stress

More than one-third of small business owners plan to sell in the next year, as inflation concerns and tariff pressures compound exit planning gaps.

By Leo Almazora
JPMorgan tells fintech firms to start paying for customer data
FINTECH JUL 11, 2025
JPMorgan tells fintech firms to start paying for customer data

The move to charge data aggregators fees totaling hundreds of millions of dollars threatens to upend business models across the industry.

By Bloomberg
FINRA snapshot shows concentration in largest firms, coastal states
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2025
FINRA snapshot shows concentration in largest firms, coastal states

The latest snapshot report reveals large firms overwhelmingly account for branches and registrants as trend of net exits from FINRA continues.

By Leo Almazora
Why advisors to divorcing couples shouldn't bet on who'll stay
OPINION JUL 11, 2025
Why advisors to divorcing couples shouldn't bet on who'll stay

Siding with the primary contact in a marriage might make sense at first, but having both parties' interests at heart could open a better way forward.

By Jamie Lima
SEC spanks closed Osaic RIA for conflicts, over-charging clients on alternatives
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JUL 11, 2025
SEC spanks closed Osaic RIA for conflicts, over-charging clients on alternatives

With more than $13 billion in assets, American Portfolios Advisors closed last October.

By Bruce Kelly