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The Wire

Every headline in wealth management from 8 outlets, in the order it was published. Each one links to the outlet that reported it.

Oct 2, 4:16 PM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
Concurrent eyes $3B to $10B RIA platforms after Spire buy
Oct 2, 4:10 PM ET
News · Financial Planning
Ask an Advisor: How do you help child-free clients plan?
Oct 2, 3:57 PM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
SEC Crypto Custody Proposal Draws Divisive Reactions
Oct 2, 2:58 PM ET
Enforcement · Financial Planning
SEC seeks to ease advisors' custody burdens with discretionary trading
Oct 2, 2:00 PM ET
News · Kitces.com
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (October 3–4)
Oct 2, 1:18 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
Merrill to pay $39 million in cash sweep settlement
Oct 2, 12:48 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
How Far Can AI Overlays Really Go?
Oct 2, 12:47 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Financial Wellness Tools Must Connect the Dots
Oct 2, 12:35 PM ET
Deals · RIABiz
Fidelity's move to kick sub-$100-million RIAs off its platform is 'bizarre,' Kitces says; it’s likely to backfire, Chalekian says; yet, the Fidelity-Savvy deal last week may soften any blow
Oct 2, 11:45 AM ET
Deals · WealthManagement.com
Deals & Moves: HB Wealth Adds Family Trio, Hightower Signature Acquires Externally
Oct 2, 10:51 AM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
SEC accuses fund advisor of defrauding SpaceX, OpenAI investors
Oct 2, 10:12 AM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
RIA moves: Savant enters Thousand Oaks as Procyon lands in New Jersey
Oct 2, 9:27 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
September jobs report misses forecasts. Here's what it means for advisors
Oct 2, 9:26 AM ET
Moves · Wealth Solutions Report
Trilogy Financial Launches Trilogy Tax & Consulting
Oct 2, 9:20 AM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
People Moves: TradePMR Tech Executive Jon Patullo Jumps to Hybrid RIA
Oct 2, 9:00 AM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
Beyond sell or inherit: A third exit for appreciated property
Oct 2, 8:01 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Why advisor annuity adoption often stalls on workflow and fee objections
Oct 2, 6:39 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Wealth tax, capital gains hikes draw bipartisan support in US battlegrounds
Oct 2, 6:38 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
AI marketing adoption gap costs financial firms revenue
Oct 2, 6:36 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
US home price growth picks up but flipping profits keep shrinking
Oct 2, 6:33 AM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
HB Wealth enters Texas with physician-focused advisory team
Oct 2, 5:30 AM ET
News · Financial Planning
Wealth advisors should adapt services as financial strain hits high earners: Goldman
Oct 1, 6:09 PM ET
News · Financial Planning
Fidelity says it will end custody relationships with RIAs under $100M
Oct 1, 5:37 PM ET
News · RIABiz
Pontera 'reframes' itself from 401(k) workaround agent to trusted gatekeeper of AI agents -- possibly solving impasse with Fidelity -- as Schwab unleashes 'Charley,' its new AI agent 'foundation' for millions of clients
Oct 1, 5:14 PM ET
Deals · Financial Planning
How RIA sellers can avoid running out of runway
Oct 1, 5:11 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
SEC alts proposals may spark compliance 'culture shock' for managers
Oct 1, 5:04 PM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Advisor tech platfoms court firms with discounts, notaries, education
Oct 1, 4:16 PM ET
News · InvestmentNews
When it comes to retirement, Americans struggling with 'permission to spend,' says Prudential
Oct 1, 3:40 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
As the Bond Market Shudders, Wealth Management CIOs See Opportunity
Oct 1, 3:26 PM ET
News · InvestmentNews
NFL referee Shawn Hochuli doubles as LPL-affiliated financial advisor
Oct 1, 3:24 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Following IRS Guidance, Compliance Experts Caution RIAs on Section 351 ETF Conversions
Oct 1, 3:19 PM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
“The AI tsunami is going to change this industry in very unpredictable ways”
Oct 1, 3:14 PM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
Amplified Planning's Externship draws record 2,825 aspiring planners
Oct 1, 3:03 PM ET
Moves · Wealth Solutions Report
Larry Roth Joins WealthStream Strategic Advisory Board
Oct 1, 2:27 PM ET
News · Financial Planning
How John Waldron could make his mark as Goldman's next CEO
Oct 1, 2:18 PM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
Fidelity to Raise RIA Custody Asset Minimum to $100M
Oct 1, 2:07 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
SEC bars NY advisor who allegedly defrauded elderly client of $2.4 million
Oct 1, 2:00 PM ET
Deals · WealthManagement.com
Cerity Partners Adds $2B in Triple Deal
Oct 1, 1:54 PM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
Cerity Partners adds Bay Area, Minneapolis, Atlanta firms in deal hat trick
Oct 1, 1:39 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
Fake signals, frozen accounts: SEC sues crypto AI platform over $12.5M
Oct 1, 1:09 PM ET
News · Financial Planning
Playbook for Trump's $26B school choice program released
Oct 1, 12:50 PM ET
News · Financial Planning
CFP Board resets timeline for 40-hour CE requirement
Oct 1, 11:24 AM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
Third Circuit scraps 30-year stock-price test in securities fraud case
Oct 1, 11:23 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
AI financial advice lifts demand for human advisors, says Vanguard
Oct 1, 11:08 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
When One Partner Wants More
Oct 1, 10:27 AM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
Compliance Experts Caution Regulators After AI Agents Probe SEC
Oct 1, 10:18 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Which technology providers stood out in 2026?
Oct 1, 9:58 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Beware the Stress of Building a Practice
Oct 1, 9:27 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Feathery’s Zack Khan Discusses AI-Native Operations For RIAs
Oct 1, 9:25 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Timewise Financial’s Caroline Piehl Discusses Next Generation Leadership In Wealth Management
Oct 1, 9:22 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: Cresset CEO, Head of AI on Building the Modern Family Office
Oct 1, 9:10 AM ET
News · Financial Planning
FPA releases revamped PlannerSearch to better humanize planner and client interaction
Oct 1, 9:04 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
FPA Debuts New Version of PlannerSearch Tool
Oct 1, 9:03 AM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
Advisor moves: $1.3B advisor team joins Wells Fargo FiNet practice in Ohio
Oct 1, 9:01 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Eaglebrook Introduces Direct Indexing For Digital Assets
Oct 1, 8:12 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Retirement cash flow planning for business owners starts years early
Oct 1, 7:16 AM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
Ex-MLB player turned wealth executive questions expansion team math
Oct 1, 7:06 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Articulating The Evolving Value Of Financial Planning To Prospects: Kitces & Carl 200
Oct 1, 7:00 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Clients fear outliving savings as AI and longevity upend retirement math
Oct 1, 6:41 AM ET
Moves · InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley advisor with $1B pedigree joins upstate New York RIA
Oct 1, 6:40 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Debt, AI and the holiday season: what younger clients are telling advisors
Oct 1, 6:37 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Why advisors must close the retirement longevity gap now
Oct 1, 6:33 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Wealthy Gen Z and millennial donors are changing the philanthropic playbook
Oct 1, 6:00 AM ET
Deals · WealthManagement.com
Concurrent Makes First RIA Platform Acquisition With $5.4B Spire Investment Partners
Sep 30, 5:46 PM ET
Enforcement · Financial Planning
SEC rule would let investors take exam to qualify as accredited
Sep 30, 4:30 PM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
The False Positive Problem Wealth Managers Can’t Afford to Ignore
Sep 30, 4:30 PM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Private credit becoming 'big piece' of annuities, T. Rowe exec says
Sep 30, 4:21 PM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Zocks debuts Claude plugin with seven skills for financial advisors
Sep 30, 3:14 PM ET
Deals · WealthManagement.com
Merchant Takes Stake in $97B Australian Wealth Firm
Sep 30, 2:31 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
Stifel settles massive $30 million complaint involving star broker’s sale of structured products
Sep 30, 2:03 PM ET
Enforcement · InvestmentNews
SEC floats CFP route to accredited investor status, fund rules refresh amid private market push
Sep 30, 1:03 PM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
$1.3B UBS Team Departs for Wells Fargo's FiNet
Sep 30, 12:23 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Five Key Developments for Estate Planners and Litigators
Sep 30, 12:05 PM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
Wealth Enhancement agrees to buy $22B RWA Wealth Partners in family office play
Sep 30, 12:05 PM ET
Deals · WealthManagement.com
Wealth Enhancement Pens Largest Deal to Date with $22B RWA Partners
Sep 30, 12:02 PM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
Wall Street Regulator Moves to Expand Access to Private Funds
Sep 30, 11:47 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Family Feud Brewing Over Dolly Parton’s Estate
Sep 30, 11:37 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Estate Planning for Clients with Non-Traditional Heirs
Sep 30, 11:26 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Captive insurer fails to shake IRS challenge to $239,773 in tax deductions
Sep 30, 11:02 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
Judge voids NYC pied-à-terre tax rollout, orders city to start over
Sep 30, 10:39 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Celebrity Estates Replay: Lessons from Rob Reiner’s Estate
Sep 30, 10:29 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Turning A Revocable Trust Into a Working Plan
Sep 30, 10:21 AM ET
Moves · Wealth Solutions Report
Building Podcasts, Claude For Advisors And Controlling AI
Sep 30, 10:19 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Why There’s Often A Valuation Gap Between Firm Buyers And Sellers
Sep 30, 10:19 AM ET
Deals · Wealth Solutions Report
Let’s Make A Deal: The Impact Of Consolidation On G2 Advisors
Sep 30, 9:31 AM ET
News · InvestmentNews
PCE inflation gauge cools, but further rate hikes from Fed loom
Sep 30, 9:30 AM ET
Deals · InvestmentNews
RIA moves: Hightower Signature Wealth adds New England reach with $752M Sandy Cove Advisors
Sep 30, 9:21 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
401(k) Real Talk Episode 210: September 30, 2026
Sep 30, 9:03 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Edward Jones to Develop Retirement Plan Management Tech
Sep 30, 9:03 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Trusts & Estates: October 2026 Digital Edition
Sep 30, 9:00 AM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
Eaglebrook Launches Direct Indexing for Cryptocurrencies
Sep 30, 7:01 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Minimizing The Impact Of The New 0.5%-Of-AGI Floor On Charitable Contributions And 2/37ths Reduction Of Itemized Deductions
Sep 29, 8:00 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
XYPN Adds Income Lab as Member Benefit
Sep 29, 8:00 PM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
XYPN Partners With Jump to Bring AI Tools to Its Advisors
Sep 29, 3:18 PM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
SEC Charges Firms With $15M WhatsApp, Crypto Frauds
Sep 29, 1:57 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
BNY Pershing Sunsetting Wove Wealth Platform
Sep 29, 1:25 PM ET
Enforcement · WealthManagement.com
FINRA Bars Former LPL Rep For Taking $1.7M From Clients
Sep 29, 12:52 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
The Changing Geography of Investment Risk
Sep 29, 12:35 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
Qualified Small Business Stock Tax Breaks Explained
Sep 29, 12:05 PM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
15 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Sept. 29, 2026)
Sep 29, 11:50 AM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
Raymond James Launches Public/Private Model Portfolios for HNW Clients
Sep 29, 11:24 AM ET
Moves · WealthManagement.com
Adhesion Wealth Launches Custom Models on its UMA Platform
Sep 29, 10:48 AM ET
News · WealthManagement.com
‘Black Holes’ for Capital-Gains Tax Come Under Treasury Fire
Sep 29, 9:57 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Deals & Recruiting Roundup: Cerity, Corient, LPL, Verdence And More
Sep 29, 9:43 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Good AI Systems Let Advisors Focus On The Human
Sep 29, 9:42 AM ET
Deals · Wealth Solutions Report
Report: North American Family Offices Optimistic About AI, Private Equity
Sep 29, 9:42 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Patent Perspectives: Why Diversification Is About More Than Investments
Sep 29, 7:06 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Systematizing Your Differentiated Service As A (True) Retirement Expert While Scaling To $850M Of AUM: #FASuccess Ep 509 With Dana Anspach
Sep 29, 6:35 AM ET
Moves · RIABiz
Merrill Lynch creates hefty new 'data' and 'shelf' fees and offers third-party managers who pay them a leg up when its 'thundering herd' recommends investments – but stops short of leveling the playing field, analysts say
Sep 29, 1:08 AM ET
News · RIABiz
Hightower Advisor CEO names two new presidents -- one to revamp the old rollup business, the other to develop the new single-system unit -- both with the objective of kindling buyer interest without a conglomerate discount
Sep 28, 8:43 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Stop Chasing UHNW Clients. Build A Business They Need And You Can Manage.
Sep 28, 7:02 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
What Really Drives Client Referrals
Sep 25, 2:00 PM ET
News · Kitces.com
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 26–27)
Sep 25, 9:41 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
DeVoe: RIA M&A Activity Is Down 19% So Far In Q3
Sep 25, 9:41 AM ET
News · Wealth Solutions Report
Prudential Advisors Rebrands As Prudential Wealth Advisors
Sep 24, 12:16 AM ET
Moves · RIABiz
Fidelity Investments just cast a wider net for RIA custody revenues by backstopping Savvy Wealth's (expected mid-2027 ) custody launch -- hastened by the lean-in of 'multi-billion-AUM' RIA prospects, the company says
Sep 23, 7:03 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Applying Fiduciary Principles To Demonstrate Value And Build Client Trust During 401(k) Rollover Conversations
Sep 23, 1:19 AM ET
Moves · RIABiz
Schwab's poach of $8-billion Ameriprise breakaway extends its wild 2026 rout of the once impenetrable fortress to four $1-billion-plus teams with help from high-multiple market
Sep 22, 1:16 PM ET
Deals · RIABiz
Schwab's surprise unveiling of Anthropic deal at Future Proof shows it has an AI ace up its sleeve, but it may take five years or more to catch up with Altruist, if at all, say two analysts
Sep 22, 7:07 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Leveraging Video The Right Way To Add $1M Of New Revenue In Less Than 12 Months: #FASuccess Ep 508 With Nate Hoskin
Sep 21, 7:03 AM ET
Deals · Kitces.com
Taking Equity In An Acquiring Aggregator: Weighing The Growth Opportunities Against Valuation And Illiquidity Risks
Sep 18, 2:00 PM ET
News · Kitces.com
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (September 19–20)
Sep 17, 10:58 PM ET
Deals · RIABiz
Ritik Malhotra sells not-for-sale Savvy stake for $100 million after Utah Jazz owner showed up big for his LPL-disruption-by-AI play -- and Mark Casady re-upped at the new price as well
Sep 17, 7:04 AM ET
News · Kitces.com
Breaking Bad News To A Client About Prior Problematic Financial Decisions: Kitces & Carl 199
Sep 16, 11:00 PM ET
News · RIABiz
'No rush' Peter Mallouk is doing wild 'gap' deals as he rides out RIA seller's market and his Creative Planning keeps 'billions' of purchasing power 'locked-and-loaded' for 'perfect' moment
Sep 16, 2:39 PM ET
Moves · RIABiz
David Fortunato makes his third pivot after cash management cross-selling fails to yield ample robo investors -- a bolt-on discount brokerage will join its digital home-lending unit in a true Silicon Valley mashup
Sep 15, 5:22 PM ET
News · RIABiz
Schwab scores exclusive (for now) contract with Anthropic and takes AI 'driver's seat' in RIA custody, analyst says, though others counter that it's generic and late-coming
Sep 12, 10:32 AM ET
News · RIABiz
Marty Bicknell commits $175 million to install 700 'AI' bots to revolutionize RIA automation; the gamble isn't AI but whether advisors, clients, staff and leadership will embrace the change, analyst says
Sep 11, 11:42 AM ET
News · RIABiz
CEO Jason Wenk says Altruist's AI 'Hazel' is ready for its second act, a financial planning service that will blow away the market with one big caveat -- advisors must be ready to provide PDFs, if rivals refuse API access
Sep 11, 10:56 AM ET
News · RIABiz
Amid a flood of warnings about dangers of rogue AI, Hamachi steps in with newly patented system to protect sensitive RIA client data from AI breaches
Sep 10, 8:51 AM ET
Deals · RIABiz
Bain Capital (mostly) funds Envestnet buy of Vestmark to surpass $10 trillion and define 'adaptive modularity' strategy, leaving Orion a clear RIA lane
Sep 8, 10:50 PM ET
News · RIABiz
Schwab Wealth Advisory (SWA) unveils 'corkage' fee on third-party SMAs, typically .35%, as slew of changes add to 'elegant' master plan to convert DIY book to fees
Sep 5, 9:50 AM ET
Deals · RIABiz
MassMutual helps Flourish find white knight buyer and regain 'standalone' status just months ahead of Phase II rollout that makes its 1,300 RIA clients more like a giant virtual private bank
Sep 4, 1:31 AM ET
Enforcement · RIABiz
SEC seeks to rescind 2010 'pay-to-play' rule, paving the way for investment advisors to again bid for public pension contracts while making political donations to officials with influence over pension awards
Sep 2, 1:18 PM ET
Deals · RIABiz
RIABIZ INTERVIEW: Jason Wenk tells RIABiz one big unnoticed reason why he sold to Vanguard, and the Bogle-ish scenario he envisions for his eventual departure decades hence
Sep 2, 7:49 AM ET
News · RIABiz
After Fidelity shutdown its password-sharing business model last year, Pontera's new tack is a 'non-discretionary service' while it waits out a CFPB decision on bank data-sharing fees and offers APIs to all comers