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 regulator and one of its largest members, LPL Financial, engaged in a back-and-forth on the controversial initiative.
May 16 -
Practices can dance on the cutting edge by returning to basics in an area where financial advisors are “deeply curious” about the best approach.
May 16 -
With accounts now often reaching seven figures, estate planning expert Natalie Choate delved into the complexity of the increasingly important tool.
May 15 -
The IBD network has an inside edge for ensuring advisors are ready if equities suffer a sustained fall, according to its president, Adam Antoniades.
May 14 -
The two firms' boosts came amid equity headwinds — and both wealth management units now have nearly 4,400 financial advisors.
May 13 -
Jamie Price and incoming majority owner Reverence promise more of the same for the 6,500-advisor IBD network.
May 13 -
Reverence Capital Partners agreed to buy 75% of the 6,500-advisor IBD network from the ownership team that purchased it in 2016.
May 9 -
Advisor Group unveiled the prize-winning speech on the topic — along with eight new recruits to its IBDs — at its annual W Forum.
May 9 -
Lisa Dolly will give way to COO Jim Crowley later this year, parent firm BNY Mellon says.
May 8 -
The RIA practice with $575 million in AUM joined four teams of similar size who have signed on in the past year.
May 8 -
In a bid to further enhance its capabilities for advisors, the firm is also slashing ETF transaction fees on select funds later this year.
May 3 -
Evolution Financial Advisors has grown to 86 advisors with $2.6 billion in client assets under Securities America.
May 1 -
The No. 1 IBD also nominated a new board member and tapped key executives for advisor support and government relations.
May 1 -
Independent Financial Partners aspires to be a “very, very small agent for change.”
April 30 -
The firm is looking at a range of “different opportunities” for potential wealth management deals, CEO Jim Cracchiolo says.
April 25 -
Increased captive insurance coverage due to expanded business in 2018 was a primary driver of a three-year high in regulatory spending, the firm says.
April 24 -
Blucora’s wealth management unit is transforming while showing some impressive results. But is the firm moving too fast?
April 22 -
The major employer-plan group had previously been affiliated with the predecessor of Global Retirement Partners.
April 15 -
The 7,500-advisor network agreed to buy certain assets of Foresters Financial’s U.S. BD and RIA.
April 10 -
An upcoming integration with AdvicePay marks the first step in a series of changes to recruiting and service at KMS under Erinn Ford.
April 9
