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The WealthStack Podcast: Unlocking Private Markets with AssetMark's Michael Kim

Wealth Management

Michael was instrumental during AssetMark’s leveraged buyout transition to Genstar in 2013, its sale to Huatai Securities in 2016, its IPO in 2019, and its sale to GTCR in 2024. Before joining AssetMark, Michael was a Senior Vice President at Fidelity’s Institutional Wealth Services.

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Mercer Advisors Lands $1.2B Raymond James Practice

Wealth Management

Family Wealth Planning Group has been affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services, its independent advisor channel, since 2016. Raymond James Practice Mercer Advisors Lands $1.2B And we can invest more to continue to expand those services for our clients in Florida.” It will continue to custody with Raymond James.

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Has ERISA Litigation Been Helpful or Harmful?

Wealth Management

He helped create the National Association of Plan Advisors as a member of the founding Leadership Board, Chair of the Membership Committee and was founding Editor-in-Chief for NAPA-Net which he led until 2016.

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JPMorgan Asks Court To Stop Ex-Advisor Who Joined Wells Fargo From Soliciting Clients

Wealth Management

According to the suit filed this week, Calcote joined JPMorgan in 2016 and became a private client advisor the following year. The request for an injunction and a temporary restraining order on former Private Client Advisor Lorraine Calcote mirrors numerous other suits filed by JPMorgan in recent years.

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$2.2B Resonant Capital Merges with Tax, Accounting Firm QBCo

Wealth Management

QBCo, founded in 2016 by Tony Berndt, Kathy Rotta and John Himmelspach, specializes in tax compliance, succession planning and private business valuations. In that time, it has grown to 22 employees, 539 clients and $2.2 billion in discretionary and non-discretionary assets.

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Deals & Moves: Focus Partners Wealth Merges in $5.6B California RIA

Wealth Management

The firm is led by Mark Ring and Dan Morrison, who founded the RIA in 2006 and joined the Carson community in 2016. Jacob William Advisory has proactively recruited next-generation advisors as part of its business continuity plan. California RIA Deals & Moves: Focus Partners Wealth Merges in $5.6B

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Are PEPs the Wild West or Are They a Way to Tame It?

Wealth Management

He helped create the National Association of Plan Advisors as a member of the founding Leadership Board, Chair of the Membership Committee and was founding Editor-in-Chief for NAPA-Net which he led until 2016. 4, 2025) 11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Aug.