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Bluespring Wealth Partners creates $1.4B Florida hub
NEWS RIAS MAR 08, 2024
Bluespring Wealth Partners creates $1.4B Florida hub

Two partner firms combine to provide enhanced services for clients and team.

By Steve Randall
Moneta adds to Colorado footprint with latest merger
NEWS RIAS MAR 08, 2024
Moneta adds to Colorado footprint with latest merger

The partner-owned national RIA’s merger with a $279M advisor duo marks its first expansion into Boulder.

By Leo Almazora
Modern Wealth enters Eastern US with $1.2B deal
NEWS RIAS MAR 07, 2024
Modern Wealth enters Eastern US with $1.2B deal

The RIA is expanding its capabilities in retirement planning by buying with a Rochester, New York-based practice formerly with LPL.

By Leo Almazora
Commonwealth girding for loss of up to $24M in fight with SEC
NEWS RIAS MAR 07, 2024
Commonwealth girding for loss of up to $24M in fight with SEC

It's highly unusual in the securities industry for a broker-dealer to put up such resistance to a regulator like the SEC.

By Bruce Kelly
Wellington-Altus CEO weighs in on Canadian RIA market
NEWS RIAS MAR 06, 2024
Wellington-Altus CEO weighs in on Canadian RIA market

Mergers on both sides of the border are being driven by private equity firms pumping money into RIAs.

By Gregg Greenberg
Mariner Wealth linked to American Century’s rigged hiring scheme
NEWS COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2024
Mariner Wealth linked to American Century’s rigged hiring scheme

The companies 'explicitly agreed not to hire or recruit each other’s asset and wealth management professionals,' according to a lawsuit.

By Bruce Kelly
Father-son duo builds on near-50 year legacy with own RIA
NEWS RIAS MAR 06, 2024
Father-son duo builds on near-50 year legacy with own RIA

Based in New Jersey, newly launched Drucker Wealth oversees $750 million in assets for more than 800 clients.

By Leo Almazora
99.9 percent of RIAs are ‘monkey see, monkey do’: Joe Duran
NEWS 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
Beacon Pointe breaks into mid-Atlantic market with deal for $560M firm
NEWS 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
NEWS 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
Perigon scoops up $375M in assets with twin acquisitions
NEWS 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
Young advisors are making the move to RIAs, Rossby CEO says
NEWS 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
RIA M&A bounces back to start 2024: Report
NEWS 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
Robertson Stephens welcomes veteran $180M team
NEWS RIAS MAR 01, 2024
Robertson Stephens welcomes veteran $180M team

The San Francisco-based firm is adding a Connecticut-based practice from Hightower.

By Leo Almazora
Focus Financial unveils second intra-partnership merger
NEWS RIAS MAR 01, 2024
Focus Financial unveils second intra-partnership merger

The agreement to merge GW & Wade's $10.4 billion practice with The Colony Group marks another major step in the wealth network’s new hub strategy.

By Leo Almazora
Boston wealth firm breaks new ground in portfolio personalization
NEWS BOLT-ONS FEB 29, 2024
Boston wealth firm breaks new ground in portfolio personalization

New solution for RIAs and family offices speeds up investment management with innovative household wealth optimization feature.

By Leo Almazora
With great growth comes great conflicts for RIAs
NEWS RIAS FEB 29, 2024
With great growth comes great conflicts for RIAs

Where Wall Street goes, trouble is sure to follow.

By Bruce Kelly
Quest for scale is reshaping RIAs, report says
NEWS RIAS FEB 29, 2024
Quest for scale is reshaping RIAs, report says

Amid continued consolidation and M&A, mega-RIA firms are emerging to play key roles in shaping the wealth industry.

By Leo Almazora
Former Hightower advisor sues firm over noncompete restrictions
NEWS RIAS FEB 28, 2024
Former Hightower advisor sues firm over noncompete restrictions

Case against RIA aggregator seeks relief and damages over allegedly over-broad interpretation of noncompete language.

By Leo Almazora
Veteran dealmaker Nesvold lands at Emigrant Bank
NEWS RIAS FEB 27, 2024
Veteran dealmaker Nesvold lands at Emigrant Bank

Part of her focus will be to 'cultivate and elevate the story' of Emigrant Bank in the wealth management industry, she says.

By Bruce Kelly