Will More Wealth Advisors Gravitate to 401(k) Plans?
Wealth Management
JUNE 30, 2025
Despite limited ERISA expertise, wealth advisors face growing pressure to service 401(k) plans as state mandates drive unprecedented plan formation through 2029.
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Stratos Wealth Advisors Loses Two Teams
Wealth Management
APRIL 4, 2025
New York-based Holistic Wealth Advisors has launched its own RIA, while California-based Guardtower Financial Services moved to LPLs corporate RIA.
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$2B Team Joins Fifth Third Wealth Advisors from TIAA-CREF
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Advisors Scott Bailey, Scott Cislo and Murray Kinlaw have joined Fifth Third Wealth Advisors, the RIA launched by Fifth Third Bank in 2022.
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Adviser Investments, Ropes Wealth Advisors Combine to Create $15B RIA
Wealth Management
MAY 16, 2023
Adviser Investments is doubling its AUM and bolstering capabilities with the acquisition of Ropes Wealth Advisors from global law firm Ropes & Gray.
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Weinheimer Wealth Management Joins Exencial Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Exencial has picked up a $500 million Austin firm in its 3rd-ever acquisition.
Retirement Visions Joins Redhawk Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
JANUARY 8, 2024
The 10-person Retirement Visions team left Securities America to harness technology, compliance and administrative support by Redhawk Wealth Ventures.
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401(k) Industry Sends Urgent Call to Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Convergence and the growth of new plans are beyond what RPAs can handle.
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RIA Roundup: NFP Acquires Divergent Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
NFP grew its wealth and retirement business in Utah, R&R left Avantax for Commonwealth, tru Independence launched its 4th firm of 2023 and Johnson Financial, LPL and Kestra all made announcements this week.
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Thiel's Indivisible Adds Women-Led Somerset Advisory
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MAY 29, 2025
According to filings, John Thiels RIA Indivisibles third RIA acquisition since launching this year is led by a former Merrill wealth advisor.
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EP Wealth Advisors Acquires $1B Minot Wealth Management
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
The move establishes EP Wealth's presence on the East Coast, and marks milestone in the firm's planned national expansion.
Wealth Advisors: Stop Asking ‘What?’ and Start Asking ‘Why?’
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Wealth management should be as well. Money is personal.
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Ready to be a Full-Service Wealth Advisor?
Wealth Management
APRIL 20, 2023
It's more than industry knowledge and financial goals. It's about connecting clients with top-notch professionals of all types.
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EP Wealth Advisors Buys Wacker Wealth Partners
Wealth Management
APRIL 2, 2024
billion in Central California by acquiring Wacker Wealth Partners EP grows assets by nearly $1.2
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First Republic Retains Nearly 90% of Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
APRIL 24, 2023
Despite some high-profile departures, the bank says the exiting teams accounted for less than 20% of total wealth management assets.
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EP Wealth Advisors Acquires Warren Financial Services & Associates
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 1, 2022
EP Wealth picks up its second East Coast firm, adding $274M in assets.
Mariner to Add 250 Senior Wealth Advisors in Major Recruiting Push
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Mariner Wealth Advisors CEO Marty Bicknell says growing the mega-RIAs senior wealth advisor pool is a key priority.
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Mariner Aims to Add 250 Senior Wealth Advisors in Major Recruiting Push
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Mariner Wealth Advisors CEO Marty Bicknell says growing the mega-RIAs senior wealth advisor pool is a key priority.
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RIA Roundup: Mariner Wealth Advisors Acquires Arizona Tax Practice
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The RIA space was on fire this week—eight acquisitions were announced, along with three newly created roles, one rebranding and a new head of NAPFA.
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Independent Wealth Advisors Need a Digital Brand Mindset
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 1, 2022
In uncertain times, bad advisors hide from their clients; good advisors put themselves out there—and that’s how they take market share.
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Convergence, Small Plan Explosion and Activating Wealth Advisors Dominate RPA Broker/Dealer Roundtable
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Attendees got heated talking about record keepers investing in and promoting services that compete with advisors.
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Alphabet’s CapitalG Backs Startup Making Tech for Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The funding round values Farther at $542 million.
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The WealthStack Podcast: Going From Wealth Advisor to Wealth Coach With Urs Bolt
Wealth Management
MARCH 15, 2024
Advisors are increasingly relying on technology to become more efficient and streamline operations. Urs Bolt details what's driving this shift.
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Mission Wealth Announces Acquisition of BHJ Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
AUGUST 2, 2023
It's the third firm the RIA has "acquihired" in 2023.
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Mariner Wealth Advisors Adds $256M Executive Wealth Counselors
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The Pittsburgh office will become Mariner’s 77th US location, and its seventh acquisition so far this year.
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Adviser links: widespread anxiety
Abnormal Returns
JUNE 9, 2025
riabiz.com) Wealth advisors are on notice: inheritors are likely to fire you. How to take your clients without getting sued. kitces.com) Adviser data is both valuable and important. On the challenges of porting it to a different firm. cnbc.com) Meet the financial adviser who doesn't have their own adviser.
Avantax Sues Mariner Wealth, Advisor For Stealing Its CPA Secrets
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Avantax filed another lawsuit against Mariner Wealth, as well as Molly Nelson, an advisor who left the firm (and filed her own suit against Avantax).
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Hightower Bellevue Merges With $350M RIA Sovereign Wealth Advisors
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The merger represents Hightower’s seventh deal this year and third merger it has facilitated between firms.
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RIA Roundup: EP Wealth Advisors adds $1B Lehman & DeRafelo Financial Resources
Wealth Management
APRIL 6, 2023
EP Wealth scooped up a billion-dollar firm in its second acquisition of the year while a handful of other deals representing almost $900 million in assets were announced this week and Private Advisor Group added a new role.
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Mariner to Add 250 Senior Wealth Advisors in Major Recruiting Push
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Mariner Wealth Advisors CEO Marty Bicknell says growing Mariners senior wealth advisor pool is a key priority.
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Raymond James Launches 'Private Wealth Advisor' Training, Designation
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In October, the first cohort of 49 advisors will graduate from the new program, part of the firm's strategic emphasis on expanding resources for advisors to clients with more than $5 million in assets,
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10 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Oct. 1, 2024)
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Wealth advisors and asset managers expect a boost in flows to actively managed fixed income strategies in the wake of lower interest rates, reports FundFire. These are among the investment must reads we found this week for wealth advisors.
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UBS Client Says His Wife Moved In With Their Wealth Advisor. It Got Messy
Wealth Management
MARCH 19, 2025
financial firms: when brokers or investment advisors have personal or intimate relationships with their clients. The drama spotlights an issue that has long bedeviled U.S.
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RIA People Roundup: EP Wealth Advisors Taps Kyle Miller to Lead M&A
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A host of ‘strategic’ hires and promotions were announced this week, as firms continue to focus on growth.
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Will Wealth Advisors Ever Get Interested in the 401(k) Plan Business?
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
There’s no sign they will so far.
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RIA Roundup: Sunshine Private Wealth Joins Steward Partners from Hightower
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Steward Partners adds the first team to its IAR-only channel, Allworth Financial names a new CEO and other news from Wealth Enhancement Group, EP Wealth Advisors, Kestra PWS, Gaddis Premier Wealth Advisors and Pitcairn.
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Robertson Stephens Hits $4B Milestone with Addition of LFS Wealth Advisors, Vodia Capital
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Two deals last week expanded Robertson Stephens' presence on both coasts while adding an additional $370 million in client assets.
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10 Investment Must Reads for This Week
Wealth Management
JULY 16, 2024
These are among the investment must reads we found this week for wealth advisors. BlackRock’s plans to leverage its recent acquisition of Preqin to build private market ETFs have drawn skeptics, reports the Financial Times. Fortune profiled nine executives in the burgeoning private credit arena.
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholds Constitutionality of Transition Tax
Wealth Management
JUNE 21, 2024
What wealth advisors need to know about taxing unrealized gains.
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$1.2B Team Departs Certuity to Launch New RIA
Wealth Management
JULY 16, 2024
A team led by Kara Boccella has left Certuity to create Serenus Wealth Advisors in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Former United Capital Advisor Joins Ashton Thomas
Wealth Management
AUGUST 8, 2024
Cary Carbonaro joins Ashton Thomas as a managing wealth advisor and Women and Wealth Ambassador for the firm.
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Savvy Adds Six New Advisors, Pushing AUM Over $700M
Wealth Management
JULY 25, 2024
Brad Morgan joins from Mariner Wealth Advisors, which is suing him and the tech-focused RIA for poaching books of business.
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10 Investment Must Reads for This Week
Wealth Management
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
These are among the investment must reads we found this week for wealth advisors. YCharts profiled 10 active ETFs that have been particularly popular with RIAs so far in 2024. ETF.com has published a guide to leveraged ETFs.
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The Future of IRA Rollovers
Wealth Management
JULY 15, 2024
RPAs, wealth advisors and record keepers are competing for the same assets.
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World Investment Advisors Acquires $3.5B Raymond James Team
Wealth Management
JULY 17, 2024
Fresh off a rebrand, World Investment Advisors adds Boston Harbor Wealth Advisors, as it continues to build out its wealth business.
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