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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Dr. Phillip Frost, the principal shareholder of the IBD network’s parent firm, has stepped down, giving way to CEO Richard Lampen.
September 21 -
The practice is at least the second this year to jump from the Advisor Group firm to its similarly sized rival.
September 20 -
Upon closing, the deal will push Wealth Enhancement’s advisor head count beyond 70 financial planners.
September 19 -
The No. 1 IBD drew in a team composed of both CPAs and advisors.
September 19 -
The race is one of several this cycle featuring candidates from the wealth management space.
September 18 -
The four-advisor practice joined the No. 1 IBD after its CEO pledged to transform the company’s culture.
September 17 -
Firms’ head counts show how they’re responding to a challenging time in which experts predict the number of advisors to fall in coming years.
September 17 -
Regulators in Massachusetts launched a “sweep” of more than 60 firms that sold nearly $1.3 billion in limited partnerships sponsored by GPB Capital.
September 13 -
The tax-focused IBD is betting on a switch to Fidelity and Envestnet while undergoing a cultural shift.
September 13 -
Larry Roth, who was also head of AIG Advisor Group, is offering up his expertise after helping both firms navigate difficult years as their chief executive.
September 12 -
The deal with the family-run independent insurance firm followed record sales in fixed-index annuities.
September 11 -
A settlement with Massachusetts regulators resolved a nontraded REIT case, but NPH’s terminations from FINRA and a handful of states are still pending.
September 10 -
The SEC says the 33% owner of the parent of the IBD network participated in unlawful microcap stock sales resulting in “virtually worthless” investments.
September 10 -
The issuing organization is working to expand the number of firms allowing the certified kingdom advisor title to be used in marketing materials.
September 6 -
Stratos Wealth and other OSJs are offering more types of affiliation and equity deals in a bid to stem a competitive threat.
September 5 -
Planners ranging from sole practitioners to the largest OSJ enterprises welcomed the CEO’s comment that the firm's culture was not aligned with its strategy.
September 4 -
The OSJ spans dozens of advisors, and it marks at least the ninth major exit following a change in policies at the No. 1 IBD.
September 4 -
The partners opened their RIA under consultation with a firm founded by former HighTower executives last year.
September 4 -
CEO Rudy Adolf held the RIA acquirer’s first-ever earnings call, following its $564.8 million IPO, but the firm’s calculations drew questions.
August 29 -
Robert Russo says the Independent Advisor Alliance has recruited nearly three dozen IFP reps, and other large enterprises have also made inroads.
August 28
