Aren’t All Wealth Management Firms and Models the Same?
Wealth Management
MARCH 13, 2025
Without the benefit of exploration, its easy to fall into the mind trap that says, Its all the same no matter where you go.
How Firms Can Foster Women’s Success in Wealth Management
Wealth Management
MARCH 20, 2025
Stephanie Bogan describes a more inclusive and sustainable growth model.
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RIA Edge Podcast: Redefining Growth in Wealth Management
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Steward Partners' Jim Gold shares insights into their robust M&A strategy and the importance of succession planning in an aging industry.
Wealth Management Invest: Apollo’s Stephanie Drescher on Bringing Alts to the Wealth Channel
Wealth Management
MARCH 17, 2025
Apollo's Stephanie Drescher details the innovations making private investments more accessible to advisors and their clients.
MiB: Jonathan Clements on Why Dying is Hard Work
The Big Picture
JANUARY 17, 2025
He discusses how he became a financial journalist, and eventually Director of Financial Education for Citi Personal Wealth Management. The global financial services firm manages $431 billion and is owned by insurance giant Msss Mutual. He explains why Dying is hard work.
Wildfires Prompt Some LA Wealth Managers to Look Beyond Dollars
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
As the wildfires rage unabated across the Los Angeles region, causing billions in damages, some financial advisors are thinking about planning in a different light.
Wealth Management Invest: Unpacking Hightower’s Approach to Private Markets with Robert Picard
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Hightower's Robert Picard unravels the shifting dynamics of private markets and their role in contemporary investment portfolios.
Adviser links: losing focus
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
(riabiz.com) What is the target market for MAGA-centric Strive Wealth Management? kitces.com) Practice management Should you outsource your marketing to an outside firm? kitces.com) Why growth is critical to a wealth manager. citywire.com) Advisers The exchange fund is coming to the ETF space.
Personal finance links: the lure of small rewards
Abnormal Returns
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Podcasts Peter Lazaroff talks with Sara Gelsheimer, Senior Wealth Manager at Plancorp, about the importance of both spouses being involved in their household’s financial decisions (peterlazaroff.com) Carl Richards talks with Jerry Colonna about the 'emotional landscape of money.'
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Adviser links: durable portfolios
Abnormal Returns
MARCH 17, 2025
Podcasts Diana Britton talks with Mary Saylor who is the director of wealth management at Choreo. wealthmanagement.com) Practice management Why 'more AUM' may not always be better for your business. podcasts.apple.com) Advisortech Trust & Will raised another round of capital.
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New RIA Acquirer Comes to Market With First Deal
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Aspen Standard Wealth has taken a majority stake in Summitry, a $2.8 billion RIA, as it aims to hold wealth management firms permanently and solve some of their pain points.
Locking the Door Against Cyber Criminals
Wealth Management
MARCH 24, 2025
One of the most important functions of wealth managers is protecting financial data.
2025 WealthTech Trends: AI, Cybersecurity, and the Future of Advisor Tech
Wealth Management
MARCH 17, 2025
Whats next for wealth management technology in 2025? The Oasis Group's John O'Connell discusses wealthtech trends shaping the industry.
Adviser links: hitting resistance
Abnormal Returns
MARCH 3, 2025
kitces.com) Brendan Frazier talks with David Armstrong, President and Co-founder of Monument Wealth Management, about creating better client meetings. Podcasts Michael Kitces talks with Jennifer des Groseilliers, CEO of The Mather Group, about building an effective equity compensation plan.
Innovations from Syntax Data
Wealth Management
MARCH 19, 2025
Syntax is making waves in the wealth management space with its newly launched portfolio creation tool, now actively used by over 110 investment professionals.
Merit Acquires $1.6B Idaho-based RIA with Affiliate ESOP
Wealth Management
MARCH 18, 2025
Merits Financial Advisors' second deal of 2025 is for Idaho-based Sanctuary Wealth Management and its affiliate that brings employee stock ownership plan services.
McKinsey Estimates Advisor Shortage of 100,000 by 2034
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The consulting firm says the wealth management industry can address the shortage by boosting productivity levels and attracting new talent.
Kitces & Carl Ep 155: How Do You Know You Are Adding Value Versus Just Trying To Justify Your Fees?
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 9, 2025
On the other hand, the term "financial advice" often refers to much more than asset allocation and wealth management. On one hand, a client's willingness to pay an ongoing fee for financial advice suggests that they find the advisor's services worthwhile.
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Cerulli: Advisor Headcount Stagnates
Wealth Management
JANUARY 16, 2025
Despite efforts to develop next-gen talent, the total number of advisors in the wealth management industry has remained stagnant over the last decade.
Adviser links: proactive communication
Abnormal Returns
JANUARY 20, 2025
podcasts.apple.com) Dan Haylett talks with Susan Latremoille author of"The RichLife Managing Wealth and Purpose, Its Not Just about the Money The Whole Life Approach to Wealth Management." riabiz.com) M&A Wealth management M&A keeps rolling on. citywire.com) Post-UBS, Wealthfront is thriving.
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Kitces Survey Shows 'Sweet Spot' of One Advisor, Two Staff Member Teams
Wealth Management
MARCH 17, 2025
Michael Kitces discussed at Future Proof Citywide the diminishing returns possible from team building in the wealth management industry.
The Tech Revolution: How AI is Making Financial Advisors More Human
Wealth Management
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Technology is transforming the wealth management industrynot just by automating calculations and analysis, but by empowering advisors to connect more deeply with clients.
Debunking Investment BS!
The Big Picture
MARCH 25, 2025
Todays guest is Barry Ritholtz, Chairman, and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, which manages over $5.7 Fun chatting with Meb! billion for 3,900 families. His latest book, How Not to Invest, offers a blueprint to help you make better decisions and achieve financial success.
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$1.2B JP Morgan New York Team Jumps to RBC
Wealth Management
JANUARY 16, 2025
The Pensato Slyane Group is one of the most elite New York City wealth management teams, according to the director of RBCs New York complex.
Estate Planning Services Are Becoming Table Stakes
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Clients increasingly view estate planning as a core element of holistic wealth management, not just a one-time task, according to a survey from online estate planning platform Vanilla.
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10 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Nov. 26, 2024)
Wealth Management
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Morgan Stanley has looked to add employees of startup companies as wealth management clients in anticipation of future IPOs, reports Inc. These are among the investment must reads we found this week for wealth advisors. Morningstar published its 2025 investment outlook for financial advisors.
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Turning Rock Provides $30M Financing to LPL Affiliate
Wealth Management
MARCH 14, 2025
Silverleaf Wealth Management, which is affiliated with Gladstone Wealth Partners, a large enterprise of LPL, will use the capital to expand its services and fund M&A.
New Research Confirms ‘Age Old’ Problem: How to Advise Younger Clients
Wealth Management
MARCH 25, 2025
Wealth management firms traditionally work with older clients, for good reasons. However research suggests these firms increasingly risk losing future business to robos, fintechs and non-AUM planners.
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CFA vs. CFP
A Wealth of Common Sense
JANUARY 24, 2025
171 withHarvey Schwartz) you and Josh mention how wealth management has drastically changed over the last~20 years specifically citing that CFP candidacies are at record highs whileCFA candidacies are at record lows. Here’s a question from a podcast listener: On a recent episode of TCAF (Ep.
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Adviser links: a unique experience
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
kitces.com) Tax planning and wealth management go hand-in-hand. (podcasts.apple.com) Bogumil Baranowski talks with Justin Castelli about living an authentic life. justincastelli.io) Taxes Some speculation on what is next for the TCJA. downtownjoshbrown.com) How tax deferment can backfire.
Adviser links: success rates
Abnormal Returns
JANUARY 13, 2025
kitces.com) 9 questions for Bob Veres about future of wealth management. (advisorperspectives.com) Why you might want a valuation of your advisory practice, even if you aren't planning to sell. citywire.com) How Solo 401(k) contributions can affect your Sec. 199A deductions. morningstar.com) Financial advisers are warming to crypto.
Adviser links: dissolving structures
Abnormal Returns
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
citywire.com) How Jacob Turner turned a professional baseball career into a wealth management business. (clientwise.com) Do's and don'ts for training new advisers. wealthmanagement.com) How to set up an internship program. citywire.com) Government Social Security is not rife with fraud.
SEC Charges Pennsylvania Advisor Who Used Client Funds on Country Club Dues
Wealth Management
JANUARY 17, 2025
Mason of Rubicon Wealth Management defrauded at least 13 advisory clients out of more than $20 million, spending it on country club dues and a miniature golf course in New Jersey, the regulator claims.
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Focus Hub Merges In $4B Seattle RIA
Wealth Management
JANUARY 24, 2025
The acquisition of Merriman Wealth Management marks the ninth for Focus Partners Wealth, the newly rebranded The Colony Group and Buckingham Strategic Wealth, since Jan.
Sanctuary Attracts $700M Truist Team Focused on International Clients
Wealth Management
JANUARY 8, 2025
Hillguard Wealth Management will join Sanctuary Global and work out of the firms Miami office. Sanctuary President Vince Fertitta said there was a demand for an alternative to the way most banks and wirehouses treat international business.
Kestra Names John Amore as Next President
Wealth Management
JANUARY 13, 2025
The current Wealth Management Head will take over as president of Kestra Financial in April, succeeding Stephen Langlois, who will stay on as a senior advisor to aid in the transition before retiring at the end of the year.
Talking How Not to Invest with Prof G
The Big Picture
MARCH 13, 2025
He had been on MiB prior, and it was my pleasure to intro it at NYU Stern when it first was published.
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Commonwealth Lures $213M Multi-Generational Team From Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management
MARCH 24, 2025
Private Wealth Stewardship is led by CEO Duane Peoples, who is joined by his wife, son and daughter, and takes a faith-based approach to wealth management. Peoples & Co.
Osaic Adds $360M Firm to W-2 Affiliation Channel
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The Florida-based Payant Wealth Management Group, which used an Osaic broker/dealer for brokerage business, has come under the firms corporate RIA.
The Healthy Advisor: Climbing the Ladder as a Single, Young Mom With Mary Saylor
Wealth Management
MARCH 12, 2025
When advisor Mary Saylor gave birth to her daughter during her senior year at Penn State, it was an uphill battle to build a career in wealth management.
Adjusted for Risk: The Impact Managed Futures Have on Investment Portfolios During Volatile Times
Wealth Management
MARCH 11, 2025
In this Adjusted for Risk podcast episode, Mount Lucas Management's Jerry Prior discusses investing in managed futures.
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Adjusted for Risk: The Impact Managed Futures Have on Investment Portfolios During Volatile Times
Wealth Management
MARCH 11, 2025
Mount Lucas Management's COO, Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Partner, Jerry Prior drops a ton of insight about investing in managed futures. During this very informative and fun conversation.,
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CAIS Launches Models Marketplace for Alts
Wealth Management
MARCH 24, 2025
CAIS Models Marketplace will include portfolios developed by wealth management firms, asset managers, and CAIS Advisors, the companys recently launched RIA.
At The Money: Compounding Health & Wealth
The Big Picture
JANUARY 22, 2025
There are surprising parallels between wealth management and health management. Parallels between wealth management and health management, what are they? You’re asking me about the parallel between health and wealth management. Phil Pearlman : These two are so similar health and wealth.
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