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Mariner announces an acquisition double, adding $1.7B to its AUA
RIA NEWS AUG 21, 2025
Mariner announces an acquisition double, adding $1.7B to its AUA

Firms in New York and Arizona are the latest additions to the mega-RIA.

By Steve Randall
Expansion for Sequoia Financial Group, Meridian Wealth Management
RIA NEWS AUG 21, 2025
Expansion for Sequoia Financial Group, Meridian Wealth Management

RIA firms announce deals to expand their growing footprints.

By Steve Randall
Advisor moves: Wells Fargo FiNet, LPL Financial, Raymond James, Janney, Ameriprise
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 20, 2025
Advisor moves: Wells Fargo FiNet, LPL Financial, Raymond James, Janney, Ameriprise

Firms announce new recruits including wirehouse breakaways.

By Steve Randall
Veteran advisor launches Clear Trail Advisors with Dynasty, targeting 'the millionaire next door'
RIA NEWS AUG 19, 2025
Veteran advisor launches Clear Trail Advisors with Dynasty, targeting 'the millionaire next door'

Previously managing $850 million at Steward Partners, Dynasty's newest affiliate team in Texas has set up their own high-net-worth practice with a focus on retirement.

By Leo Almazora
Ashton Thomas-linked Amplify debuts QuantumRisk to help RIAs weather market shocks
FINTECH AUG 19, 2025
Ashton Thomas-linked Amplify debuts QuantumRisk to help RIAs weather market shocks

"QuantumRisk, by design, recognizes that these so-called "impossible" events actually happen, and it accounts for them in a way that advisors can see and plan for," Dr. Ron Piccinini told InvestmentNews.

By Andrew Cohen
RIA M&A activity hits record pace in H1 2025: Fidelity
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 19, 2025
RIA M&A activity hits record pace in H1 2025: Fidelity

The race to 100 transactions ended a month early this year, with April standing out as the most active month on record for RIA dealmaking.

By Leo Almazora
RIA moves: RWA makes M&A comeback with West Coast acquisition
RIA NEWS AUG 19, 2025
RIA moves: RWA makes M&A comeback with West Coast acquisition

Also, Merit has added an $860 million RIA to bolster its Texas presence while Concurrent's asset management arm partners with a boutique investment shop.

By Leo Almazora
Advisor moves: Sanctuary Wealth gains $1.2B breakaways, Raymond James scores a double
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 19, 2025
Advisor moves: Sanctuary Wealth gains $1.2B breakaways, Raymond James scores a double

Wells Fargo, Commonwealth, UBS are the firms losing advisor teams.

By Steve Randall
Cresset, Monticello to combine in strategic partnership with almost $200B in assets
RIA NEWS AUG 18, 2025
Cresset, Monticello to combine in strategic partnership with almost $200B in assets

Decision deepens the two firms' decade-long relationship.

By Steve Randall
Schwab awards $15,000 scholarships to support next-generations RIAs
RIA NEWS AUG 18, 2025
Schwab awards $15,000 scholarships to support next-generations RIAs

Schwab has expanded its Registered Investment Advisor Talent Advantage Student Scholarship with more winners and more scholarship funding as it projects an industry-wide RIA talent crunch to fill 70,000 jobs.

By Andrew Cohen
'Another straw on the camel's back': RIAs weigh impact of Mamdani's NYC tax proposals
RIA NEWS AUG 15, 2025
'Another straw on the camel's back': RIAs weigh impact of Mamdani's NYC tax proposals

From tax-free municipal bonds to the prospect of relocating to Florida, advisors say Zohran Mamdani’s proposed millionaire tax has sparked a wave of client conversations ahead of November's New York City mayoral election.

By Andrew Cohen
CFP Board hails record July exam turnout with 3,214 test-takers
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 15, 2025
CFP Board hails record July exam turnout with 3,214 test-takers

The historic summer sitting saw a roughly two-thirds pass rate, with most CFP hopefuls falling in the under-40 age group.

By Leo Almazora
RIA moves: SlateStone Wealth, Fifth Third announce C-suite hires
RIA NEWS AUG 15, 2025
RIA moves: SlateStone Wealth, Fifth Third announce C-suite hires

New York-based Douglass Winthrop has also tapped a veteran leader from Northern Trust.

By Leo Almazora
Advisor moves: Raymond James, Wells Fargo reel in billion dollar-plus advisor teams
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 15, 2025
Advisor moves: Raymond James, Wells Fargo reel in billion dollar-plus advisor teams

Elsewhere, an advisor formerly with a Commonwealth affiliate firm is launching her own independent practice with an Osaic OSJ.

By Leo Almazora
RedBird's sports playbook fuels RIA growth for $30 billion Arax Investment Partners
RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2025
RedBird's sports playbook fuels RIA growth for $30 billion Arax Investment Partners

"RedBird's pedigree investing in sports and media has been thematically an important part of what we're building," Arax CEO Haig Ariyan told InvestmentNews.

By Andrew Cohen
Lido Advisors taps former SEC leader Elena Ro as new compliance chief
RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2025
Lido Advisors taps former SEC leader Elena Ro as new compliance chief

The $30 billion RIA's chief compliance officer and legal counsel comes with more than two decades of experience, including RIA and broker-dealer oversight and specialized enforcement.

By Leo Almazora
Corient breaks M&A pause with $1.54B Texas acquisition
RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2025
Corient breaks M&A pause with $1.54B Texas acquisition

The RIA's addition in Dallas, previously with Raymond James, comes just as the take-private deal between Corient's parent firm in Canada and Mubadala Capital comes to completion.

By Leo Almazora
Quick Reads: SageView snaps up retirement plan consulting firm; First CIO for VestGen
RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2025
Quick Reads: SageView snaps up retirement plan consulting firm; First CIO for VestGen

Firms announce moves to bolster their respective operations.

By Steve Randall
'This came out of the blue': Why firms are pushing back against New Jersey's proposed independent contractor rule
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 13, 2025
'This came out of the blue': Why firms are pushing back against New Jersey's proposed independent contractor rule

Cetera's policy advocacy leader explains how gig worker protection proposal might hurt independent financial advisors, and why it's "a complete outlier" in the current legal landscape.

By Leo Almazora
Advisor moves: Raymond James snags more Commonwealth advisors in East Coast
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 13, 2025
Advisor moves: Raymond James snags more Commonwealth advisors in East Coast

Meanwhile, Osaic secures a new credit union partnership, and Compound Planning crosses another billion-dollar milestone.

By Leo Almazora