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Independent Advisor Alliance, Compound Planning hail 2024 milestones
NEWS RIAS JAN 24, 2025
Independent Advisor Alliance, Compound Planning hail 2024 milestones

IAA reached a new asset record as Compound Planning announced strategic additions to its leadership team.

By Leo Almazora
CFP Board reveals leading firms in new certificants
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2025
CFP Board reveals leading firms in new certificants

The credential-granting body's 2024 leaderboard for new certification features Fidelity, Schwab, Northwestern, and LPL.

By Leo Almazora
Focus Partners Wealth acquires $4.16B Merriman
NEWS RIAS JAN 24, 2025
Focus Partners Wealth acquires $4.16B Merriman

The giant RIA and wealth hub is bolstering its Pacific Northwest footprint as Focus reveals another internal consolidation in Seattle.

By Leo Almazora
As rent growth slows to 14-year low, where are investors seeing the best returns?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2025
As rent growth slows to 14-year low, where are investors seeing the best returns?

New report reveals major metro where rent growth was 4x higher than average.

By Steve Randall
Capital Group expands retirement planning services for financial advisors
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 24, 2025
Capital Group expands retirement planning services for financial advisors

The firm is adding another solution that can be offered to small businesses.

By Steve Randall
Which wealth management teams are the best?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 23, 2025
Which wealth management teams are the best?

Entries for InvestmentNews' 5-Star Wealth Management Teams close next week

By InvestmentNews
Emigrant Partners takes minority stake in Novare Capital Management
NEWS RIAS JAN 23, 2025
Emigrant Partners takes minority stake in Novare Capital Management

The minority investor is bolstering its presence in North Carolina through a partnership with the $1.8 billion RIA.

By Leo Almazora
SEC bars faith-based advisor who sold phony promissory notes
NEWS RIAS JAN 23, 2025
SEC bars faith-based advisor who sold phony promissory notes

The advisor “failed to disclose multiple conflicts of interest and misappropriated client assets," the SEC said.

By Bruce Kelly
Commodities are booming but too risky for most clients, advisors say
NEWS EQUITIES JAN 23, 2025
Commodities are booming but too risky for most clients, advisors say

Commodity investments were among the biggest winners in 2024, but advisors remain wary of owning them in client portfolios.

By Gregg Greenberg
$10B Merit sharpens growth focus with new M&A lead
NEWS RIAS JAN 23, 2025
$10B Merit sharpens growth focus with new M&A lead

With deep experience and wide connections, the top-ranked RIA 's latest hire from Captrust extends its streak of strategic executive recruitments.

By Leo Almazora
Nationwide president and COO John Carter to step down
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 23, 2025
Nationwide president and COO John Carter to step down

The leading annuity and insurance top executive is stepping down after a distinguished 40-year career in the industry.

By Leo Almazora
Retirement conundrum: crippling health care costs or start dumping assets?
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2025
Retirement conundrum: crippling health care costs or start dumping assets?

Investors fearing unaffordable healthcare may spend-down assets, study reveals.

By Steve Randall
Income growth, market performance keeps middle-class wealth on track
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 23, 2025
Income growth, market performance keeps middle-class wealth on track

Quarterly financial resilience index shows easing fears.

By Steve Randall
SCOTUS hears Cornell case with potential consequences for retirement plan litigation
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 23, 2025
SCOTUS hears Cornell case with potential consequences for retirement plan litigation

"Whatever we decide, someone's going to be potentially unfairly treated," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said during oral arguments Wednesday.

By Emile Hallez
Schwab latest to spiff up financial advisor platform for alts
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2025
Schwab latest to spiff up financial advisor platform for alts

More than 37 percent of financial advisors who custody assets with Schwab use alternatives.

By Bruce Kelly
T. Rowe Price: Income solutions, emergency savings in retirement spotlight in 2025
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 22, 2025
T. Rowe Price: Income solutions, emergency savings in retirement spotlight in 2025

An aging workforce and stubborn inflation will have plan sponsors focusing on income and emergencies in the coming year.

By Gregg Greenberg
How the California wildfires have sparked charitable conversations
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2025
How the California wildfires have sparked charitable conversations

With clients willing and eager to help, advisors are offering guidance on giving strategies and how to make the most meaningful impact.

By Leo Almazora
Revealed: the fastest-growing fee-only RIAs of 2024
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2025
Revealed: the fastest-growing fee-only RIAs of 2024

InvestmentNews turns the spotlight on 74 independent firms that are making their mark with remarkable growth.

By Leo Almazora
Bogart Wealth eyes more growth with minority staking deal
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2025
Bogart Wealth eyes more growth with minority staking deal

After quadrupling its assets, the independent firm overseeing $3 billion has struck a strategic PE partnership with Constellation Wealth Capital.

By Leo Almazora
Kingswood, CG Financial announce leadership appointments
NEWS RIAS JAN 22, 2025
Kingswood, CG Financial announce leadership appointments

The wealth firms are looking forward to the next phases of their growth stories with C-suite updates.

By Leo Almazora