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AdvicePay beefs up compensation tech capabilities with AdvisorBOB acquisition
FINTECH MAY 05, 2025
AdvicePay beefs up compensation tech capabilities with AdvisorBOB acquisition

The deal aims to help advisors streamline their compensation processes while expanding AdvicePay’s reach across the full revenue cycle.

By Leo Almazora
MIT joins colleges tapping bond markets amid federal funding threats
FIXED INCOME MAY 05, 2025
MIT joins colleges tapping bond markets amid federal funding threats

The elite college is just the latest institution turning to taxable bond sales as the Trump White House continues to exert political pressure.

By Bloomberg
Raymond James unveils advisor equity financing program
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 05, 2025
Raymond James unveils advisor equity financing program

The independent B-D giant is burnishing its appeal to independent advisors with a new offer to take minority stakes in qualified practices.

By Leo Almazora
Edelman snaps up Cahill Wealth Management in 2025 deal debut
RIA NEWS MAY 05, 2025
Edelman snaps up Cahill Wealth Management in 2025 deal debut

Transaction adds $426 million in assets and expands Edelman Financial Engines' reach into life sciences-focused wealth planning

By Leo Almazora
Advisor moves: Americana nabs $1.5B Morgan Stanley quartet, LPL welcomes $300M Osaic group
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 05, 2025
Advisor moves: Americana nabs $1.5B Morgan Stanley quartet, LPL welcomes $300M Osaic group

Wall Street breakaways bolster Americana's reach in Houston as a 10-advisor ensemble in New Jersey make their move to LPL.

By Leo Almazora
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’

By Steve Randall
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

By Steve Randall
Q1 annuity sales top $105B amid persistent economic worries: Limra
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 02, 2025
Q1 annuity sales top $105B amid persistent economic worries: Limra

Limra data show RILAs and variable annuities outperforming, while fixed-rate deferred sales lag their 2024 highs.

By Leo Almazora
Stocks continue historic winning streak as trade hopes, jobs data drive rebound
EQUITIES MAY 02, 2025
Stocks continue historic winning streak as trade hopes, jobs data drive rebound

The S&P 500's longest rally in more than 20 years came amid evidence of labor market resilience in the immediate wake of April's Liberation Day tariffs.

By Bloomberg
Americans' longevity illiteracy puts retirement at risk, finds new research
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 02, 2025
Americans' longevity illiteracy puts retirement at risk, finds new research

With membership in the "century club" expected to quadruple in three decades, joint studies from Nationwide and the TIAA Institute shed new light on people's planning blind spots.

By Leo Almazora
Tariff reactions split along political lines, advisors say
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2025
Tariff reactions split along political lines, advisors say

The Watchman Group's Andrew Herzog has noticed his more left-leaning clients have been "looking to get out of the stock market, perhaps do more fixed income or go to cash" while his right-leaning clients are more comfortable keeping assets as they have them.

By Andrew Cohen
RIA deal watch: Lido lands $720M Arizona-based RIA while CWA scores $1.4B double
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2025
RIA deal watch: Lido lands $720M Arizona-based RIA while CWA scores $1.4B double

CW Advisors' latest acquisitions extend its Eastern US presence with new locations in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

By Leo Almazora
Advisor moves: LPL nabs G2 Raymond James advisor, Raymond James makes East Coast additions
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 02, 2025
Advisor moves: LPL nabs G2 Raymond James advisor, Raymond James makes East Coast additions

Also, Merill Lynch scores a billion-dollar recruitment win in New York with a sports-focused advisor defecting from UBS.

By Leo Almazora
Trump says Harvard is losing its tax-exempt status
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2025
Trump says Harvard is losing its tax-exempt status

The declaration – for which the university said "there is no legal basis" – represents the latest escalation in the president's ongoing attack against the Ivy League institution.

By Bloomberg
U.S. adds 177,000 jobs in April, defying economic headwinds and federal cutbacks
RIA NEWS MAY 02, 2025
U.S. adds 177,000 jobs in April, defying economic headwinds and federal cutbacks

Treasury yields rise as employment figures ignore market mayhem.

By Matthew Sellers
Raymond James gives its indie advisors a helping hand in recruitment
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 02, 2025
Raymond James gives its indie advisors a helping hand in recruitment

The new in-house talent sourcing service at Raymond James Financial Services seeks to help independent advisors fill gaps in various roles, ranging from associates to entry-level advisors.

By Leo Almazora
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

By Steve Randall
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

By Steve Randall
Summit Wealth exits Commonwealth prior to LPL buyout to become RIA
RIA NEWS MAY 01, 2025
Summit Wealth exits Commonwealth prior to LPL buyout to become RIA

As Commonwealth advisors weigh their futures following the firm's sale, Summit Wealth Group is charting its own course as an independent RIA with $2.1 billion in assets, moving to SEI's custodian platform.

By Andrew Cohen
UBS, as expected, losing financial advisors in the US; headcount drops 3.2% YoY
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 01, 2025
UBS, as expected, losing financial advisors in the US; headcount drops 3.2% YoY

Toward the end of last year, UBS said it was redrawing its pay plan for advisors, but "every time one of the big firms like UBS tinkers with the advisors' compensation, some of them say, that's it, that’s the last straw," recruiter Danny Sarch said.

By Bruce Kelly