RIAs

The XY Planning Network of fee-only advisors and investment advisor Michael Kitces say consumers are being deceived when brokers use labels like “wealth manager” and “financial advisor.”

The Canadian asset manager’s stateside AUM will pass $80 billion after its latest deal for a Silicon Valley-based firm.

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An unusual recommendation by the wirehouse’s First Clearing unit drove the big succession deal for XML Financial Group.

The acquisition will solve a father-son enterprise’s succession and help it continue to grow, Carroll Financial CEO Kristopher Carroll said.

Financial advisor Andre Jean-Pierre dropped his broker-dealer with big plans for his burgeoning group of followers on Twitter and Clubhouse.

Brokerages that want to hire someone with a checkered past have to undergo a “consultation” with the watchdog and may have to try to renew their memberships.

SmartAsset looked at nearly 11,000 financial advisory firms that are registered with the SEC and headquartered in the U.S.

Onex Corporation’s private equity arm is investing in an RIA consolidator that’s been nearly as active in M&A as another firm in its portfolio.

Jude Erondu wants to help his oil-ravaged homeland, and other developing areas, through sustainable investing.