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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OneDigital’s acquisition of Resources Investment Advisors shows a convergence between two major spaces within financial services.
February 13 -
Two other groups of MML Investors financial advisors have boarded what the expanded firm’s CEO calls a “big boat” under Coastal Wealth.
February 11 -
The 8,000-advisor IBD network will launch “a more robust hybrid offering” this year, Head of Wealth Management Tim Stinson tells Financial Planning in a new podcast.
February 11 -
A rare appearance by one of the investors reshaping the IBD sector drew questions from rivals — and insights into the firms’ approach.
February 7 -
Entrepreneur Abraham Okusanya explains in the latest episode of Financial Planning’s new In|Vest Podcast how he’s trying to help firms and planners tackle retirement distribution.
February 6 -
Faced with the retention risk from the RIA-only channel, firms are trying to alter their company cultures and questioning traditional approaches.
February 5 -
The recent moves display the stakes of the competitive recruiting fight, which has led to firms like AmeriFlex seeking to give advisors greater flexibility and resources.
February 4 -
Jim Cracchiolo predicts the number of advisors will go back up, but he says the firm places more importance on boosting the size of their businesses.
January 31 -
In the latest episode of Financial Planning’s new podcast series, advisor Rachel Robasciotti discusses her activism around mandatory arbitration and relates the remarkable story behind her RIA.
January 30 -
The IBD advocacy group expects no letup in enforcement by the regulator — with wide ramifications across wealth management hanging in the balance.
January 28 -
The custodial giant is aiming to cut down on the time involved with opening accounts — which advisors often view as a drain.
January 27 -
If these black financial advisors meet the goal, it will defy the industry's stark racial disparities: early career growth at that level just “doesn't happen in our demographic,” one partner says.
January 23 -
In the first episode of Financial Planning's new podcast series, Tobias Salinger talks with advisor Dasarte Yarnway about how he “fought and clawed” his way into the profession and discusses the ambitious goals he’s working toward for his RIA, as well as the industry.
January 23 -
FINRA blocked the influential advisor and wealth management entrepreneur on one case, but an arbitrator backed him on another.
January 22 -
The No. 1 IBD adapted the Envestnet planning software to its digital advisor workstation as it looks for ways to maximize advisors’ efficiency.
January 9 -
The Avantax Wealth Management parent views HK Financial as another way of working with CPAs and tax professionals branching into the field.
January 7 -
Rivals will be waiting to seize on any changes that may irk some 4,400 representatives poised to operate under a new parent IBD network.
January 6 -
The record level of transactions — as well as long-term industry shifts — often prompt advisors and other wealth management professionals to assess their options.
January 6 -
The Secure Act will pave the way for expanded distribution channels, even as J.D. Power finds issuers lagging in measures of client satisfaction.
December 19 -
While these 20 dizzying changes will throw some for a loop, financial advisors and their clients grow more powerful each year.
December 18
