From data access to email server operations, Adam Spiegelman says Commonwealth Financial Network supported a seamless transition as he left the firm to launch his own RIA.
Find out who made the final shortlist for top honors at this year's awards, honoring the women and firms blazing new trails in wealth management.
More financial advisors are seeking to expand outside America's financial hubs as technology improves and populations shift.
"Becoming a wholly owned Carson Wealth office was a clear and strategic decision for us," managing partner Mick Edwards said.
Data from the Investment Adviser Association's 2025 industry snapshot show more than nine-tenths of firms charging fees based on assets, though just 17% use that compensation scheme alone.
About 5,000 former employees will be eligible to receive money from the settlement, which stems from class action allegations that Kansas City-area firms Mariner, Tortoise, and American Century colluded to suppress wages and not hire each other's advisors.
With its asset pipeline bursting past $13 billion, Farther is looking to build more momentum with three new managing directors.
It's the mega-RIA firm's third $1B+ acquisition in just three months.
Are guarantees with growth part of the answer?
"We've actually found that the best advisory teams and solo advisors have figured out a niche that they work well with," Savvy Wealth CEO Ritik Malhotra tells InvestmentNews, as his firm's $2 billion RIA affiliate grows to 68 advisors.
Justin Barish brings his expertise in digital strategy and communications to help accelerate the LA-based RIA's growth.
Chief growth officer Keith Kotfica brings 30 years of industry experience as he spearheads the $27.2 billion RIA's affiliated referral program
Morningstar research data show improved retirement trajectories for self-directors and allocators placed in managed accounts.
Wealth managers shed some light on the future of solar stocks now that the OBBBA has been enacted.
President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and two Federal Reserve governors have all raised concerns questioning the central bank's leadership.
Raymond James also lured another ex-Edward Jones advisor in South Carolina, while LPL welcomed a mother-and-son team from Edward Jones and Thrivent.
Schwab canceled a planned campaign promoting in-house services to investors with $1 million or more in Schwab retail accounts, following advisor concerns about overstepping into RIA relationships. The clients Schwab aimed to target also have assets in Schwab's RIA custody channel.
The privately backed RIA's newest partner firm brings $850 million in assets while giving it a new foothold in the Salt Lake City region.
Trump's Big Beautiful Act includes a number of estate planning and tax deductions wealth managers are now sorting through for clients.
The Chicago-based RIA and multi-family office promoted industry veterans, including one of its founding partners, as its new investment and operating chiefs.
