Knox has run the private bank since 2018. It is one of two units in Bank of America's private wealth and investment management division, along with Merrill Wealth Management.

Pennington has been with Edward Jones since 2000. She has held such positions as financial advisor; principal, branch and region development and principal, client strategies group before being named managing partner.

In addition to her work as global head of Citigroup's Citi Private Bank, Liu also co-leads the bank's Asian affinity network.

Cohen serves as BlackRock's senior managing director and chief investment officer of ETF and index investments, leading a majority female team.

Meister is guiding the company into the second phase of its transformation. Having honed its approach to ultra high net worth clients, it is now turning to a new segment — high net worth clients.

At the brokerage and wealth management arm of Ally Financial, Bell leads the team responsible for shaping the insight on investing and the global markets that is shared with customers.

Ta is aiming to reduce turnover at Wells Fargo Advisors by revamping the succession planning program.

Funding for wealthtech is also picking up, with firms attracting $1.5 billion across 62 deals in the third quarter.

From the fate of Veo One to account openings, here’s what Schwab’s leaders had to say.

Necessity, and a connection to holistic advice, has been the mother of new revenue streams, new clients and new offerings.

The firm will use its warchest to expand its technology stack and make acquisitions.

The nation’s largest IBD made its first tech deal this year for a firm that has $120 billion in assets on its platform.

Refinitv’s Workspace will power the wirehouse’s investment research and risk assessment capabilities.

Although in-person hearings aren’t banned outright, none have taken place since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

"We’re not just software,” CEO Ed O’Brien says. “We’re here to help advisors be better planners.”

New ownership of the popular platform could open the door for new tech leadership, but don’t count Schwab out yet.

The fintech plans to build out cash, checking, insurance and mortgage products.

Estimates for the deal between the analytics platform and private equity firm LLR Partners go as high as $270 million.

“If insurance and annuities had always been commission free, RIAs would be power users,” says David Lau, CEO of DPL Financial which is partnering with SS&C Advent.

Like other firms, the bank's asset management unit has turned to an outside partner, 55ip, to give RIAs a tax-smart way to transfer assets into model portfolios.