More about InVest: As new digital tools transform wealth management, the industry’s largest players are rushing to adapt to ever-increasing customer expectations, while smaller firms strive to keep pace. Behind the scenes, many are investing more on technology and hiring to drive growth, but margins remain under pressure. In|Vest West is exploring all the dynamics at play — from front to back office — and the technologies that are shaping the future of the firm.

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Raymond James also recruited from Charles Schwab, and LPL from Raymond James and Merrill
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Tom Suchodolski is a vice president and client advisor in Whittier Trust's Pasadena, California office, where he manages complex, multigenerational client relationships for ultrahigh net worth families.
Prior to joining Whittier Trust, he was a part of the forensic accounting group at CBIZ MHM in Los Angeles, working closely with ultrahigh net worth clients and their attorneys on highly complex and confidential legal matters.
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Regulators took the wirehouses to task for not having policies directing advisors to consider clients' best interests.
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The Malvern, Pennsylvania-based asset manager was dinged by the SEC, which said it made misleading statements to some retirement savers.
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The longtime Goldman exec was given a lucrative retention bonus (vesting in 2030), as was John Waldron, Goldman's president.
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The case reflects the extent of industry efforts — and failures to enforce — guidelines such as customer identification programs.
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Al Zelinka has more than 30 years of experience leading and serving local governments, public agencies and business improvement districts in consulting and public staff capacities.
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Khala Stanfield has more than 10 years of experience in achieving large scale organizational growth by facilitating strategic planning processes, conducting qualitative analysis for strategy portfolios and developing fact-based recommendations for leaders to enable critical decisions.
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As we enter the beginning of 2025, bonus depreciation continues to leverage down as more portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire.
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The mood in markets and the financial situation are starkly different from 2017, when Trump and congressional Republicans passed a deficit-expanding tax cut.
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