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 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 -
As wealth managers compete for advisors, the firm picked a former one to lead it.
February 18 -
The agreement will expand the companies’ recruiting efforts in the bank and wirehouse channels.
February 17 -
The chief of a major wealth manager and an influential industry advocacy group fielded FP’s queries about cryptocurrency, regulation and mutual funds.
February 12 -
With few areas of growth in 2020, insurers are focusing on burgeoning RILAs and finding more distribution channels, experts say.
February 11 -
The 33-year-old advisor allegedly spent clients’ money on luxury items and business expenses for his startup.
February 11 -
More than one-third of U.S. brokerage clients opened their first accounts in 2020, according to new research from the FINRA Foundation.
February 10 -
The troubled alts manager’s charges will trigger many more arbitration proceedings and potential regulatory cases, plaintiff attorneys say.
February 9
