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Ryan W. Neal

Originally from Northern California, Ryan received bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy from UC Santa Barbara before beginning a career in journalism at the Santa Barbara Independent. After a few years of freelancing, bartending and snowboarding in Colorado, Ryan moved to New York to earn a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He has covered the advisor fintech beat since 2014. He Tweets at: @ryanWneal

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SEC bars unregistered adviser attempting to serve professional athletes

Daryl Davis allegedly made several false claims about the size of his firm, Parrish Group, and celebrity clients.

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Vestwell adds two female fintech leaders to its board

Riskalyze chairman Lori Hardwick, Goldman exec Rana Yared joining the retirement fintech's board of directors.

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Ask these cybersecurity questions

They should hold every type of software they use to the highest security and data privacy standards.

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How ‘high beam thinking’ can help advisers adapt to a changing future

Advisers need to accept that dinners and golfing won't cut it for business development in the future.

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Envestnet Tamarac expanding into wirehouses with Merrill partnership

The RIA technology will provide Merrill Private Wealth Management advisers with reporting on held-away assets.

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Increase diversity or die, Pershing CEO Tibergien tells RIAs

If firms want to keep pace with changing investor demographics, they have to hire more diverse viewpoints.

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Advice industry leaders focused on improving the digital client experience

Top custodians, broker-dealers and RIAs addressed the challenges of building an Uber-like platform for clients.

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Technology can help turn client conversations toward planning in next bear market

Advisers don't want a replay of 2008 when clients bailed out of the advice industry.

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The future of the business is clear: It’s advice, not investing

40 Under 40 award alumni discuss where they see the profession heading.

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SEC advice rule brings tech focus back to compliance

After turning attention toward next-gen platforms and client experience, broker-dealers may have to rethink technology to comply with a best interest standard.