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2021 Women in Asset Management Awards
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY NOV 01, 2021
2021 Women in Asset Management Awards

This year's awards recognized 13 winners in categories such as Advocate of the Year, Outstanding Leader of the Year and ESG Investment Manager of the Year.

By InvestmentNews
Geeta Aiyer is an ESG pioneer and a DEI champion
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 01, 2021
Geeta Aiyer is an ESG pioneer and a DEI champion

Geeta Aiyer has dedicated her career and personal passion to using finance to support social good via ESG and impact investing.

By Nicole Casperson
Teaching women investors to embrace risk
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 29, 2021
Teaching women investors to embrace risk

Women's longer life expectancies and the likelihood that most will spend their final years on their own indicate the need to take more risk with their retirement portfolios. Unfortunately, most female investors do the opposite.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Succession planning requires a plan
OPINION OCT 26, 2021
Succession planning requires a plan

Bring on a junior adviser at least five to seven years prior to retirement, to give both the adviser and clients time to acclimate to the role and those important relationships.

By Emily Woodson
Celebration of women fostering diversity in the financial advice profession
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY OCT 10, 2021
Celebration of women fostering diversity in the financial advice profession

Honoring the 2020 and 2019 InvestmentNews Women to Watch for their achievements and dedication to improving the financial advice profession.

By Liz Skinner
FiNet adviser managing $260 million moves to LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS OCT 06, 2021
FiNet adviser managing $260 million moves to LPL

Lindsey Rhea’s firm, Alia Wealth Partners, is based in Germantown, Tennessee.

By InvestmentNews
Focus Financial takes stake in Missouri RIA
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY SEP 21, 2021
Focus Financial takes stake in Missouri RIA

The Planned Approach, managing $266 million, is joining Buckingham Strategic Wealth, a St. Louis-based RIA in which Focus owns a majority stake.

By InvestmentNews
Joanna Rotenberg to head Fidelity’s personal investing division
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 20, 2021
Joanna Rotenberg to head Fidelity’s personal investing division

The wealth management chief at BMO Financial will succeed Kathy Murphy, who plans to step down before the end of the year.

By InvestmentNews
Female duo managing $230 million at FiNet returns to LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 20, 2021
Female duo managing $230 million at FiNet returns to LPL

Carrie Turcotte and Crystal Walker run NorthShore Financial Strategies in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

By InvestmentNews
Top ESG metrics to boost profitability
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 13, 2021
Top ESG metrics to boost profitability

Asset managers need to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as a core ingredient of a sustainable business model, experts say.

By Nicole Casperson
Her Success Matters relaunches as industry inclusion enters spotlight
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY SEP 10, 2021
Her Success Matters relaunches as industry inclusion enters spotlight

Her Success Matters kicks off its second season with a fresh lineup of guests including top executives, influencers and historical figures.

By Nicole Casperson
Wells Fargo taps senior female executive for new wealth management role
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 10, 2021
Wells Fargo taps senior female executive for new wealth management role

Heather Hunt-Ruddy previously held the role of head of business development and is remembered by some financial advisers for an apt analogy about Tater Tots.

By Bruce Kelly
Mobile apps teach college students to tackle spending habits — and debt
OPINION SEP 10, 2021
Mobile apps teach college students to tackle spending habits — and debt

With students facing significant debt when they graduate, financial service providers can use technology to create a sense of empowerment around financial management for young adults.

By Ashley Dahl
Embedded investing and why it works
OPINION SEP 08, 2021
Embedded investing and why it works

Professionally managed portfolios that are accessible inside of consumer apps will give consumers their first taste of investing via a long-term-focused offer — perhaps coupled with education and bite-sized planning.

By Dani Fava
Wells Fargo adviser managing $190 million joins Baird
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 08, 2021
Wells Fargo adviser managing $190 million joins Baird

Margaret Wilkin is joining a Baird office in Roseville, California.

By InvestmentNews
Lule Demmissie to head eToro Group in US
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2021
Lule Demmissie to head eToro Group in US

The executive is joining the online brokerage firm after heading Ally Invest.

By InvestmentNews
Goldman Sachs hires tech veteran Cynthia Loh from Charles Schwab
FINTECH SEP 01, 2021
Goldman Sachs hires tech veteran Cynthia Loh from Charles Schwab

Loh served as vice president of digital advice and innovation and oversaw the Intelligent Portfolio automated advice platform at Schwab. The hire emphasizes the bank’s recent push to utilize technology offerings to serve the mass affluent market.

By Nicole Casperson
4 key Olympic lessons for advisers
OPINION SEP 01, 2021
4 key Olympic lessons for advisers

Here are the top four lessons I walked away from the Olympics with and that I will strive to instill in my team.

By Kay Lynn Mayhue
Small acts of kindness that build your advisory business
OPINION SEP 01, 2021
Small acts of kindness that build your advisory business

Treating clients as we would our dearest friends is not only the right thing to do, but tends to result in a lot of referrals from happy, well-cared-for clients.

By Barbara Healy
Wells Fargo team managing $295 million jumps to LPL
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS AUG 31, 2021
Wells Fargo team managing $295 million jumps to LPL

Allison Taylor leads the all-female group in Huntington Beach, California.

By InvestmentNews