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 broker allegedly spent his client’s money on luxury items then pivoted to a Medicare fraud scam a couple of years later.
March 16 -
Two experienced private equity investors in wealth management struck a deal for a minority stake in one of the industry’s biggest names.
March 15 -
Three recent criminal cases raise concerns that wealth managers and regulators aren’t detecting alleged fraud quickly enough or disclosing basic information about crimes and disciplinary problems.
March 12 -
The deal will push Paris-based iM Global’s assets above $24 billion and enable it to break into wealth management.
March 11 -
The rare move to set aside the regulator’s ruling came more than a decade after the rep ran into trouble by adding notes about his client into a software program.
March 11 -
The IBD network added a community bank’s investment program after exceeding the goals it set at the beginning of 2020, its head recruiter says.
March 11 -
Denika Tokunaga of Maven Wealth Management answered FP’s queries about challenges, opportunities and growing during the coronavirus.
March 10 -
The rep reeled in at least a dozen victims to the complex scam even though he was suspended from the industry for a different case, according to investigators.
March 9 -
Ascensus sold the practice with four reps and $490 million in client assets after acquiring it two years ago.
March 9 -
Questions about job losses and real estate are adding more complexity to the usual post-deal issues involving advisor retention and company consolidation.
March 5 -
The RIA acquired the innovative practice while bulking up its social justice investing efforts and its wealth redistribution planning services.
March 4 -
Wealth Enhancement Group’s second acquisition of 2021 comes as experts say there’s an “ever-increasing buyer appetite” for $1 billion-plus firms.
March 4 -
The quartet of financial advisors range in age from their 20s to their 90s, and are the second group to sign with Dynasty this week.
March 3 -
With planners aging and the industry’s demographics still far out of step with the country’s, wealth managers are bulking up their support for new entrants.
February 26 -
Part of a push by the company to open offices in underserved areas, Anthony Williams aims to make it “a pillar” of the community, he says.
February 26 -
Framework Homeownership CEO Danielle Samalin answered FP’s queries about advising clients who are buying their first homes.
February 26 -
The growing practice’s founder dropped his FINRA registration after 14 years with KMS Financial Services.
February 25 -
The training and certification organization chose a former bank and nonprofit official to lead its new Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality.
February 23 -
The wealth manager aims to build connections and take feedback through a new group resembling ones launched by rivals in recent years.
February 23 -
The IBD unveiled its second major recruiting addition in as many months to kick off the year.
February 19
