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LPL also drew from Osaic again, RIA aggregators made some big M&A deals and Merrill rehired an executive who left to go to Citi more than six years ago.

Michael and David Sztrom, who settled fraud allegations with the SEC in 2022, contend the regulators' "follow on" attempt to boot them from the industry violates their constitutional rights.

The most precipitous drop of any category was in asset allocation, as advisors signaled they would be less aggressive with investments in the new year.

Edward Jones stood accused of not properly supervising advisors who were charging clients commissions for mutual funds and then moving the fund shares over to fee-generating accounts.

Industry experts say the new team of 25 investment specialists seems designed to tackle the more esoteric aspects of working with wealthy clients and leave asset gathering and relationship management to advisors.

If there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's that the constant state of change in our industry is driven by advances in technology.

But even as many firms' tech budgets are likely to increase, experts say carefully spending that money to increase efficiency will be paramount to maintaining a nimble tech stack.

A policy idea first proposed by two economists in 2010 is gaining traction as a means of shrinking the racial wealth gap. Here are the findings of a new study.

On Monday, Marc Turansky began as head of investment advisory, a newly created role at Citi, which continues its quest to become the largest wealth manager in the world.

The fast-moving RIA aggregator has been undergoing an internal reorganization since 2023 in a bid to consolidate the many firms it has scooped up over the years.