Independent Broker Dealers

Osaic pays $9.4 million to settle clients' lawsuit involving illiquid alternatives

Osaic pays $9.4 million to settle clients' lawsuit involving illiquid alternatives

So far, legal settlements involving Jim Walesa since 2021 have cost Osaic about $26.3 million.

Independent Broker Dealers

&Partners lands $838 million Bellevue team from Wells Fargo

Crown Legacy Wealth joins the fast-growing hybrid RIA as advisor recruitment intensifies across the wirehouse channel.

ETFs

RIAs pivot hard into tech ETFs as model portfolios reshape demand

Q2 data shows advisors piling into AI and semiconductor funds, while ISS finds model portfolios now drive over a third of ETF assets.

Retirement Planning

HSA participation hits record high, but retirement strategy lags, PSCA finds

New survey data show record contributions and investing gains, even as employer education on retirement use stays limited

Fintech

Amplify lands Brookwood partnership as RIA data platform push accelerates

Phoenix-based Brookwood Investment Group taps the AI-native wealthtech firm as its advisor count and AUM keep climbing

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Women advisors carve out niche as female wealth nears $34 trillion
Practice Management

Women advisors carve out niche as female wealth nears $34 trillion

As female-controlled wealth climbs toward $34 trillion, a small group of financial planners is building practices designed specifically for women

Financial advisors are wealthier than ever, but are they happier?
Practice Management

Financial advisors are wealthier than ever, but are they happier?

To achieve contentment, advisors should think twice before selling their firms for the biggest dollar amount.

Cetera lands $2.1 billion LPL OSJ in latest West Coast move
Independent Broker Dealers

Cetera lands $2.1 billion LPL OSJ in latest West Coast move

San Diego broker-dealer giant picks up California-based Sierra Ridge and its roughly 40 advisors, who had been affiliated with LPL for just over a year.

Why these Starbucks investors want the firm to split CEO and chair roles
Equities

Why these Starbucks investors want the firm to split CEO and chair roles

Shareholders group cites a 70% drop in board engagement and collapsed union talks as reasons to separate Brian Niccol's dual role.

Sowell Management launches advanced planning unit to serve wealthy clients
RIA News

Sowell Management launches advanced planning unit to serve wealthy clients

The Arkansas-based RIA's new in-house unit targets wealth transfer, business succession and tax strategy for high-net-worth families


PREMIUM Building client trust beyond the advisor’s office walls

Why MassMutual’s Kelli Stanko believes technology makes human connection more valuable

PREMIUM Redefining what advisors should expect from their partner firm

Redefining what advisors should expect from their partner firm Osaic’s Shannon Reid on putting scale to work for advisors.

SPONSORED Direct indexing webinar targets tax-loss harvesting amid market swings

Northern Trust’s Ken Lassner shows advisors how to convert volatility into after-tax portfolio gains

SPONSORED Who builds the income when the pension disappears?

Dan Biagini of American Equity says the steady decline of pensions, longer lifespans and a reset in interest rates are rewriting how advisors build retirement income

What’s new with Robb Baldwin and TradePMR?
Podcasts

What’s new with Robb Baldwin and TradePMR?

Bruce this week chats with Robb Baldwin, founder and CEO of TradePMR, which Robinhood bought in 2024. What’s the firm’s strategy to expand as a custodian for RIAs?

Knighthead Insurance Group CEO highlights successful product rollout
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Knighthead Insurance Group CEO highlights successful product rollout

Edward Massaro, CEO and chief investment officer at Knighthead Insurance Group, sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to recount the company’s successful introduction as a new insurance carrier, as well as discuss its annuity rollout strategy.

Here’s what’s behind the boom in derivative income ETFs
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Here’s what’s behind the boom in derivative income ETFs

Sirion Skulpone, global head of client portfolio management for quantitative equity solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to highlight the huge spike in demand for derivative income ETFs, as well as discuss how they will perform in volatile markets.

Schwab Center strategist offers outlook for inflation, jobs and stocks
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Schwab Center strategist offers outlook for inflation, jobs and stocks

Kevin Gordon, head of macro research and strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to highlight his outlook for the economy and stocks heading into the end of 2026.

How investors can maximize profits in the affordable housing market
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How investors can maximize profits in the affordable housing market

David Sand, chief impact strategist at Community Capital Management, sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to explain how investors can find profits in affordable housing.

Reckoner CEO explains why CLO ETFs are surging in popularity
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Reckoner CEO explains why CLO ETFs are surging in popularity

John Kim, CEO of Reckoner Capital Management, sits down with InvestmentNews anchor Gregg Greenberg to highlight the spike in interest in CLO ETFs, as well as their place in client portfolios.

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