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Rockefeller taps industry veteran to lead new unified group
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2024
Rockefeller taps industry veteran to lead new unified group

The wealth firm’s latest leadership hire will take charge of developing innovative investments and client solutions.

By Leo Almazora
99.9 percent of RIAs are ‘monkey see, monkey do’: Joe Duran
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 05, 2024
99.9 percent of RIAs are ‘monkey see, monkey do’: Joe Duran

The RIA industry faces challenges related to changing demographics and rising expectations, Duran says.

By Josh Welsh
Cetera scores $400M win with Hawaii credit union alliance
BROKER DEALERS MAR 05, 2024
Cetera scores $400M win with Hawaii credit union alliance

The broker-dealer says it will provide ‘innovative solutions and services’ to the credit union.

By Leo Almazora
CFP Board unveils scholarship for aspiring women planners
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2024
CFP Board unveils scholarship for aspiring women planners

The scholarship was created by Peggy Ruhlin, a certified financial planner with a lengthy career in wealth management.

By Leo Almazora
Raymond James adds teams from Morgan Stanley, UBS
BROKER DEALERS MAR 05, 2024
Raymond James adds teams from Morgan Stanley, UBS

The firm welcomes a $350 million duo in New England, and an advisor in Florida who had managed a $235 million book.

By Leo Almazora
Beacon Pointe breaks into mid-Atlantic market with deal for $560M firm
RIAS MAR 05, 2024
Beacon Pointe breaks into mid-Atlantic market with deal for $560M firm

The RIA’s first M&A transaction in Maryland sees it snap up Keeney Financial Group, a 10-member team.

By Leo Almazora
Mercer Advisors lands $2.5B mega-practice
RIAS MAR 05, 2024
Mercer Advisors lands $2.5B mega-practice

The acquisition of the Seattle-based multifamily office deepens the national RIA’s UHNW presence in the Pacific Northwest.

By Leo Almazora
Americans paying as much interest on other debt as on mortgages
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2024
Americans paying as much interest on other debt as on mortgages

The near-parity between interest payments on mortgages and those on other kinds of debt, like credit cards and student loans, is unprecedented in data going back to the 1970s.

By Bloomberg
MAI Capital Management acquires $562M firm in New Jersey
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2024
MAI Capital Management acquires $562M firm in New Jersey

By Steve Randall
Digital assets custody firm hires former Morgan Stanley exec as CFO
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2024
Digital assets custody firm hires former Morgan Stanley exec as CFO

Prometheum recently secured approval as a special purpose broker-dealer.

By Steve Randall
SECURE 2.0 Saver's Match could help 21.9M Americans
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 05, 2024
SECURE 2.0 Saver's Match could help 21.9M Americans

Using federal tax data, EBRI offers a ‘starting point’ to estimate the retirement program’s impact on lower-income workers when it starts in 2027.

By Leo Almazora
Integrated Partners picks up New Hampshire advisor team from Ameriprise
ADVISOR MOVES MAR 05, 2024
Integrated Partners picks up New Hampshire advisor team from Ameriprise

Two advisors have switched to the $17B AUA firm.

By Steve Randall
Perigon scoops up $375M in assets with twin acquisitions
RIAS MAR 05, 2024
Perigon scoops up $375M in assets with twin acquisitions

The rapidly growing firm has added RIAs in New York and Michigan to its national footprint.

By Leo Almazora
HNW advisors see an edge in customized portfolios
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 04, 2024
HNW advisors see an edge in customized portfolios

Direct indexing, separately managed accounts, and consolidated reporting are keys to winning high-net-worth business, according to research from Cerulli.

By Leo Almazora
Young advisors are making the move to RIAs, Rossby CEO says
RIAS MAR 04, 2024
Young advisors are making the move to RIAs, Rossby CEO says

‘We are going down a path of trying to change this paradigm of financial advice.’

By Josh Welsh
Industry awaits an answer on proposed donor-advised fund regulations
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 04, 2024
Industry awaits an answer on proposed donor-advised fund regulations

Last November, the IRS proposed regulations that would fundamentally redefine DAFs.

By Gregg Greenberg
Morgan Stanley flexes private-market muscle with new service
ALTERNATIVES MAR 04, 2024
Morgan Stanley flexes private-market muscle with new service

Wirehouse’s new concierge desk broadens opportunities for wealth clients to invest in private secondary markets.

By Leo Almazora
Texas duo leap to LPL from Lincoln
BROKER DEALERS MAR 04, 2024
Texas duo leap to LPL from Lincoln

The two wealth industry veterans are bringing over $140 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets.

By Leo Almazora
RIA M&A bounces back to start 2024: Report
RIAS MAR 04, 2024
RIA M&A bounces back to start 2024: Report

'Wealth management deals held pretty firm last year compared to all other areas of investment banking,' one banker notes.

By Bruce Kelly
New research highlights importance of IRAs in retirement planning
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 04, 2024
New research highlights importance of IRAs in retirement planning

More than four in ten US households have IRAs, according to an Investment Company Institute report.

By Steve Randall