Toby is a veteran journalist with more than a dozen years of experience in the field who joined Financial Planning in 2017 after prior tenures with the New York Daily News, Commercial Observer and City Limits. He earned an undergraduate degree in the humanities from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He has won a dozen business journalism awards during his time with Financial Planning, including those received for the 2020 podcast series "
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The group added teams from Wells Fargo FiNet and JPMorgan Chase by expanding with an eye toward meeting a need in the marketplace.
June 26 -
The insurance-affiliated firm aims for growth while some counterparts have exited the sector.
June 25 -
The No. 1 IBD has stopped offering the higher-yield funds in its automated bank deposit programs, but it notes they’re easily accessible in investment accounts.
June 19 -
New contracts reached a 10-year high as key stakeholders praised a bill before the U.S. Senate which could expand the products to more 401(k) plans.
June 17 -
The largest increases came from the only firms in the sector reporting jumps of at least 20% or more in 2018.
June 17 -
The firm hopes to follow advisors' lead on what's best for their business in its outsourced advisory models, says CIO Burt White.
June 12 -
The firm is “looking to aggressively compete” by lowering and simplifying the fees on its advisory platforms, a top executive says.
June 10 -
Mainstays of the sector like Commonwealth, Cambridge and Northwestern Mutual are contributing to it, but smaller firms are also driving change.
June 10 -
The No. 1 IBD aims to triple its potential target market reach, in part by adapting some aspects of employee services to independence.
June 7 -
The ex-CEO of a tax-focused firm acquired by the network in 2012 now leads HD Vest and 1st Global following the $180-million deal.
June 5 -
The BD’s employee channel is attracting more independent reps through offerings like technology and practice acquisition support.
June 4 -
The new player aims to disrupt the sector despite losing some 300 reps to other firms.
June 3 -
TD Ameritrade’s Skip Schweiss says the proposal — if approved by the SEC this week — could alter the competitive landscape.
June 3 -
Despite a great year, firms don't see fit to rest on their laurels. Instead, they're preparing and adjusting to falling traditional revenue and rising expenses.
June 3 -
This interactive tool provides the full collection of data from Financial Planning's 34th annual study of the largest firms in the space.
June 3 -
The majority of the top 25 firms boosted their business by double digits in 2018, and five of them reeled in more than 20% growth.
June 3 -
With transparency about conflicts on the rise even as it varies by firm, critics question whether clients really understand complicated technical documents.
May 30 -
The firm aims for a bigger foothold in a competitive sector with new offerings around tech, service, advisory programs and practice management.
May 23 -
CEO Dan Arnold presented details of the firm's mounting ambition after announcing the acquisition of a brokerage and RIA with $3 billion in client assets.
May 22 -
With brokerage firms lining up in support of the SEC proposal, fiduciary planners aim to keep their differences from the BD channel intact.
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