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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An online education service launched by financial advisor George Acheampong is teaching its 2,300 members about private investments.
February 7 -
Wealthcare Advisory, an LPL hybrid RIA, deployed its private equity capital and planning technology to reach record levels of client assets and financial advisors.
February 7 -
The impact management firm passed $100 million in assets in its Social Justice All Cap Global ETF in 2022, less than two years after inception.
February 6 -
The largest independent broker-dealer is also "on a journey" to reach more high net worth clients through new tools under development, CEO Dan Arnold said.
February 3 -
With another potential private equity transaction, the RIA aggregator would make the opposite of the move it made only four years ago.
February 2 -
The firm also added $15 billion in client assets through recruiting in 2022 just before announcing the largest deal of CEO Adam Antoniades' tenure.
February 1 -
Sisters Jewel Waller Davis, Joyce Waller Baden and Betty Waller Gray reflect on the financial lessons of their family's 120-year-old business and proud history.
February 1 -
A case involving Moors & Cabot's explanations about its conflicts of interest from cash sweeps signals how the regulator's actions are ramping up.
January 31 -
The mother-daughter team sold their practice to SageView Advisory after deciding that they needed to shed some tasks in order to spend more time with customers.
January 30 -
Market appreciation and interest rates have masked the "accelerating disruptions" that will yield winners and losers in wealth management.
January 27 -
Despite tough economic conditions for most of 2022, the company reeled in a record inflow of client assets.
January 26 -
The firm is undervalued by the stock market when compared to "two high-quality peers" in Raymond James and Morgan Stanley, its CEO said.
January 26 -
The independent wealth management firm made its third significant deal with an insurance firm exiting the industry in the past four years.
January 25 -
At Future Proof, the founder of Pearl Planning cited fixed-income experts whose panel discussions identified value to unlock amid tumbling returns.
January 25 -
At Future Proof 2022, the eToro U.S. securities expert put the stock and bond losses last year into a helpful context when discussing them with clients.
January 24 -
Cedarwood Financial Partners left Edward Jones after decades in an effort to carry out ambitious growth targets.
January 23 -
The fintech startup will donate a free year of its services to members of The Center of Innovation for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Finance.
January 19 -
The former broker's last-ditch effort to convince a former friend and victim that his money was secretly invested and doing well only led to more charges.
January 19 -
The smaller shrinking of the wirehouse's headcount in 2023 underscored a successful year of growth for the megabank's wealth arm.
January 18 -
Despite the impact of slumping stocks and reports of job cuts at its parent firm, rising interest rates boosted the giant custodian's business in 2022.
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