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  • April 25, 2024

Cetera names new head of corporate development

With a successful record at Avantax, Wall Street veteran Michael Molnar is set to lead the RIA's M&A and advisor succession planning strategy.

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  • March 27, 2024

Avantax adds $250M married duo from Edward Jones

The Lockhart, Texas-based advisor couple join the tax-focused wealth planning network with years of experience at a family-owned practice.

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Avantax president accounts for a brand-new era

While the firm is best known for its tax expertise, Todd Mackay is talking about relationships and creating connections.

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Clock is ticking for Cetera IPO

If the brokerage is eyeing an IPO in the next five years, as sources say, it’s got a lot of work to do to get ready.

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  • December 14, 2023

Tax-focused advisor says ‘most’ broker-dealers ‘don’t understand’ his business  

$100M California-based team switches to Avantax from Crown Capital Securities.

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  • November 28, 2023

Cetera completes Avantax acquisition, adding $82B AUA

The Avantax team comprises 3,111 financial professionals.

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  • October 30, 2023

Avantax hit with shareholder suit alleging merger misinformation

The failure to make adequate disclosures is a violation of federal securities laws, according to the complaint.

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Are advisors getting the short end of profit pie?

The disparity in fortunes between the leaders and those at the coalface is striking.

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  • October 4, 2023

Cetera to offer Avantax advisors slim bonuses to none at all

Meanwhile, Cetera's owner Genstar is reinvesting in the firm.

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  • September 27, 2023

Account fees, bonuses likely topics at Thursday’s Cetera, Avantax confab

A $60-per-account fee and retention bonuses are issues that are expected to come up in Cetera senior execs' meeting with Avantax advisors.

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  • September 19, 2023

Debt-financed M&A may push firms to shed assets: Tibergien

Following Cetera's announcement that it was going to buy Avantax, two ratings agencies put the debt of Cetera's parent, Aretec Group Inc., on review.

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  • September 18, 2023

Commonwealth adds Avantax team overseeing $223M

Waukesha, Wisconsin-based R&R Wealth aims to reach $1 billion in assets in next four years.

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Cetera deal for Avantax shows boom continues for wealth management assets

The price tag Cetera paid for Avantax was 180% of its revenues last year, an unthinkable sum for a broker-dealer just a few years ago.

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  • September 11, 2023

Cetera to buy tax specialist firm for $1.2 billion

Deal affects almost 3,000 advisors working with $83.8 billion in client assets.

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  • September 6, 2023

Raymond James adds $317M wealth advisory team

The three financial advisors and four associates join the firm from Avantax.

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What kind of relationship do you and your acquirer have?

What's becoming evident is how tricky it is for wealth management firms to make the right match.

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  • August 23, 2023

Avantax attracts $330M team to its employee-based model

The two advisors and support staff join the firm in Minnesota.

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Hello, I must be going

Advisors and clients will see a flurry of coveted tax breaks come and go in the next three years. Here’s how to keep track.

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  • November 8, 2022

Avantax attracted 74 indie advisers in third quarter

The firm specializing in tax-related advice draws from advisers and accountants.

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Indie managing $400 million switches to Avantax from FSC

San Diego-based ATS Advanced Trustee Strategies specializes in advanced estate planning.