Industry News
Industry News
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A new report from industry recruiting firm Diamond Consultants shows the top trends in recruiting and deals for 2022, a year when things got intense in the last six months.
March 1 -
The largest independent brokerage's four-year-old Services Group generates a level of business comparable to many midsize wealth management firms.
March 1 -
The Wall Street bank is leaning into its strengths in catering to the world's wealthiest through One Goldman Sachs, as it pivots away from a messy consumer business that disappointed investors.
February 28 -
John Poulos, a representative of a Vanguard subsidiary, temporarily loses the professional credential after being accused of murdering his 23-year-old girlfriend on a visit to her in Bogota.
February 28 -
Despite some signals that deal volume is slowing down in 2023, acquirers say the expanding breadth of client needs is driving more consolidation.
February 28 -
Charlie Javice claimed in a court filing that she was being scapegoated for the bank's faulty due diligence and that it was JPMorgan that asked her to come up with "synthetic data" on Frank users.
February 28 -
Vince Fertitta, the president of Sanctuary Wealth, shared how the firm won over its most productive wirehouse breakaway team to date.
February 27 -
Following Don Plaus's retirement announcement last week, Merrill is moving around longtime veteran insiders to fill his role.
February 27 -
Compensation tied to stock dividends remains strong despite outflows from firm's BREIT real estate fund.
February 27 -
The RIA acquirer's private equity deal followed a year of sharply rising profits despite slumping stocks and bonds in 2022.
February 27 -
The company that provides services to 106,000 posted financial results that were a mixed bag of big-picture wins and notable setbacks.
February 24 -
To aid difficult advisor-client conversations about money and love, the wealthtech firm is rolling out a new tool to help advisors become quasi "life coaches."
February 23 -
Don Plaus, a Merrill veteran who oversaw the Private Wealth advisors' expansion in Florida, came from a "modest background" but over a long career, rose to lead teams advising many of the world's richest people.
February 22 -
The church agreed to pay $1 million, while its Ensign Peak Advisers paid $4 million, to settle the SEC complaint that they failed to file forms disclosing the church's equity investments.
February 22 -
The regional firm said it was offering Instagram Professional to advisors and would roll out YouTube and Spotify podcasting programs later this year to help with client acquisition and retention.
February 21 -
The founders of the Financial Professionals Coalition contend that most industry groups back firms and big players. They plan to stand up for the little guy.
February 21 -
Sequoia Financial Group is one of many buyers tapping into the opportunity, to the tune of more than tripling its size in less than three years.
February 21 -
Cerulli Associates says in a new study that affluent families need to do a much better job of preparing their heirs to inherit a legacy.
February 17 -
According to new research, 38% of U.S. adults have confessed to some form of "financial infidelity." Here's what they're fibbing about.
February 17 -
The nation's biggest independent robo-advisor joins a growing list of tech companies slashing staffers as difficult market conditions persist.
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