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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Two panels on the second day of the Future Proof Conference made the business case for wellness in a stressful profession.
September 12 -
Despite sweltering temperatures and a technical glitch, the event drew more than 1,000 financial advisors to Southern California.
September 11 -
The wirehouse fabricated the terms of its recruiting bonus loan and client churning allegations against Anil Bhandari, he said in his first interview on the case.
September 9 -
The program could provide a rubric for financial advisors and wealth managers seeking to reach historically excluded groups.
September 8 -
After a watchdog found problems with the regulator's examinations, the agency has repeatedly refused FP's requests for the details of them.
September 7 -
Midsize wealth manager Kovack Securities and its CEO settled two matters last month dating to his time as a member of FINRA's Board of Governors.
September 6 -
As part of a long-term industry shift, firms like Ameriprise, Commonwealth and Northwestern Mutual get most of their business from advisory fees.
August 31 -
IFS Securities once had about 150 financial advisors and 20,000 clients. Now it's seeking millions it owes third-party firms three years after it shut down.
August 29 -
Columbia Investment Management's Kim Lew and Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management will quiz finalists on how they constructed their portfolios.
August 29 -
Despite the slow pace of change on the representation of women, there are some standout independent wealth managers and some signs of progress.
August 26 -
An innovative hybrid firm's new brokerage displays how the industry is placing advisory business at the center of its well-financed plans for the future.
August 25 -
The influential organization of fee-only planners is seeking to boost its membership further and take a lead role in the fiduciary debate.
August 23 -
Find all of the figures from Financial Planning's latest annual study of brokerages whose financial advisors aren't employees of the firms.
August 22 -
These are the largest firms with financial advisors who work with broker-dealers but aren't their employees.
August 22 -
The firm terminated the longtime financial advisor. But experts say that isn't always a best practice, and many female professionals continue to report abuses.
August 22 -
The word 'broker' carries negative connotations. But to many wealth management professionals, commission-based shops are valuable to a transforming industry.
August 21 -
Alpine Securities has added to its long docket of run-ins with regulators over the last several years, alleging the SEC is piling on.
August 18 -
Buyers and sellers are overhauling their firms by folding in accounting and newly-launched independent advisors.
August 17 -
Members of the influential fee-only planners group paid tribute to the growth and professionalism during their outgoing chief's tenure.
August 16 -
A retirement plan and wealth practice spanning $1.4 billion displays how independent moves in 2022 are keeping up with or even surpassing those from 2021.
August 16
