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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Advisor Group set a record for its recruiting in 2017, and Securities America announced more than a dozen fourth-quarter grabs.
January 25 -
Investigators say the broker spent his clients’ money on luxury cars and home improvements.
January 24 -
Kris Chester led two major business reorganizations in her time at Wells Fargo Bank.
January 23 -
Compliance and technology hurdles have snarled firms’ efforts to address a longtime gripe.
January 22 -
The well-capitalized acquirer completed eight transactions in 2017.
January 9 -
The IBD’s parent has increased its investments in advisory services while other insurers exit the space.
January 9 -
The online tool, created by the advocacy organization and state regulators, suggests tough questions for the hiring process.
January 4 -
Independent Financial Group has grabbed 14 practices with 44 advisors from NPH firms since the LPL deal.
January 3 -
Caleb Fackrell repeatedly called his behavior “insane” in his testimony, according to transcripts obtained by Financial Planning.
December 22 -
The No. 20 IBD unveiled a total of 15 practices joining its ranks in the fourth quarter.
December 21 -
H. Beck’s incoming president brings experience with her new firm’s earlier ownership structure and its custodian's platforms.
December 20 -
The five consultants spent a combined 55 years at the No. 1 IBD, and they set up shop near two of its main corporate offices.
December 18 -
LPL's acquisition of National Planning Holdings' assets alone resulted in 10 moves of $744 million or more of clients assets.
December 18 -
Exclusive: The No. 4 IBD unveiled a new bank-based team even as its competitor began revealing its retained firms under the acquisition.
December 15 -
The IBD network says it has added 583 advisors so far this year.
December 14 -
Roughly 300 ex-NPH advisors have chosen smaller IBDs over LPL Financial after its massive acquisition.
December 13 -
The regulator charged the firm and its owner with fraud in a case centered on commissions and 12b-1 fees.
December 12 -
Advisors should expect more regulatory requirements, enforcement actions and uncertainty in 2018, experts say.
December 11 -
He intercepted checks from her home when she wasn’t there and forged her signature to steal her money, investigators say.
December 7 -
The No. 29 IBD has unveiled two significant recruiting moves in the past two months.
December 7
