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 No. 1 independent broker-dealer is paying a pretty penny and delighting Wall Street analysts. Here's a deep look at the larger significance to the industry.
February 21 -
The CFA Institute analyzed 110 videos and other social media posts. Here's what financial advisors and other investment professionals should know.
February 20 -
Yesterday's historic "firsts" blazed a trail for those of today — with a moral and business imperative for the industry to learn from these five figures' examples.
February 20 -
Though she is widely considered the first African American woman to be a stockbroker, some blurriness surrounds what is known about the rest of her life story.
February 20 -
She mixed outspoken activism with business pragmatism, launching a bank that helped hundreds of African Americans buy homes in her longtime community.
February 20 -
Inspired by the examples of his grandmother and his mother, the Houston fixed-income legend launched one of the largest Black-owned investment management firms.
February 20 -
Those fields are a bright spot in dealmaking amid a slump in other industries. Here's why non-bank loans that drive deals could bring problems in the future.
February 19 -
Passive funds reached a long-anticipated milestone that no one would suggest will reverse anytime soon. But these managers argue expertise has enduring appeal.
February 13 -
The largest independent brokerage will move 2,400 financial advisors from seven brokerages onto its platform during a lengthy conversion stretching into 2025.
February 13 -
Bill Harris, the former CEO of Personal Capital, TurboTax and PayPal published a new edition of his "Investment Tax Guide" with the future of the industry in mind.
February 12 -
A provision paying for breaks for parents and business owners has earned widespread praise, but an expert says financial advisors should be on alert.
February 9 -
The nuance around RIA compensation belies an often overheated debate and the ability for planners these days to make their own choices.
February 8 -
The firm's recruiting chief shared the latest updates with FP amid record financial advisor headcounts and an effort to expand beyond its traditional label as an IBD.
February 7 -
The profession displays a stunningly high rate of attrition in the first year. Here's how wirehouses and regional brokerages must try to change with the times.
February 6 -
The gift outlays — and the many rules and potential duties tied to them — can affect clients' long-term trail toward RMDs, Roth IRAs, the FAFSA and other areas.
February 5 -
Net income topped $1 billion in 2023 as the firm reached another record headcount and CEO Dan Arnold said there are "interesting questions" to answer about AI.
February 2 -
A report from the Investments & Wealth Institute's journal explains the most important pending proposals from the SEC, the Labor Department and other regulators.
February 1 -
Two incoming firms merging together under a new business line at the company will push its offices above 100 nationwide for the first time.
February 1 -
Possible threats to the pending proposal could play out in Congress and the courts before an increasingly consequential presidential race, an expert said.
January 31 -
The volume of RIA deals slipped from their record pace of the last nine years, but dealmakers argue the fundamentals are driving more activity to start 2024.
January 30
