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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Most credit unions don’t offer planning services, and affiliating with the No. 1 IBD could help CUNA Brokerage change that, the firm’s president says.
June 22 -
Its parent seeks to support more holistic planning by combining it with two other subsidiaries.
June 18 -
Good Life Companies fosters competition among wealth managers for its own health and runs food stores and a gym.
June 17 -
The hybrid firm’s giant parent tapped a new leader as it builds out a growing team with a mission.
June 16 -
The organization seeks to expand on the success of its first year offering the internship-style training in its second summer.
June 16 -
Bill and Chris Hamm admit it’s been something of a rocky start, but they say IFP is saving advisors and clients money compared to a typical wealth manager.
June 15 -
CUNA Mutual Group’s wealth manager of 550 financial advisors will almost certainly represent the largest recruiting move in the sector next year.
June 14 -
Two representatives in a New Jersey office made lewd comments and created a hostile work environment, the former employee says.
June 11 -
The Dallas-based hybrid RIA has more than 100 reps, and, if they follow the chief’s exit, it would be the the No. 1 IBD’s largest loss since 2019.
June 11 -
The case against Centaurus Financial comes after the industry and consumer advocates decried the previous administration’s approach for different reasons.
June 10 -
The PE-backed hybrid RIA is acquiring a practice with nine financial advisors managing $1.46 billion in client assets.
June 9 -
A state treasurer’s program in collaboration with the Ford Foundation has attracted 18 firms including UBS, BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Citi and Goldman Sachs.
June 8 -
The trio of advisors leaving Commonwealth for the regional firm are its largest “reverse breakaways” ever.
June 7 -
The judge declined the barred rep’s request for sentence reduction based on his “severe” bipolar disorder and restitution efforts.
June 4 -
The barred ex-rep funneled clients’ money into a shell company he falsely called a sub advisor, according to investigators.
June 4 -
The barred ex-Mutual of Omaha rep stole from 27 mostly older fellow members of his church, YMCA and local business organizations, investigators say.
June 4 -
Concurrent is catering to breakaway teams assessing their options after back-office frustrations during the coronavirus, co-founder Mike Hlavek says.
June 3 -
The private equity-backed wealth and 401(k) manager drew away an ex-Hightower team as part of its surging growth in the past year.
June 3 -
Four advisors launched a program for RIAs this summer with industry-changing potential.
June 2 -
With class actions up for appeal and a daunting process facing some ex-servicemembers, the Biden administration faces tests of its commitment to equality.
June 1
