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The lead

Charles Schwab plans its own long/short SMA, CEO Rick Wurster says

Wurster gave no launch date on the Oct. 15 call; DGS Capital's Ashish Sharma expects a second-quarter 2027 rollout.

Practice management

Michael Kitces: AI's main effect will be deeper client engagements

At the eMoney Advisor 2026 Summit, he argued time saved on plan preparation flows into additional client work and can support higher fees.

Recruiting & transitions

Prudential Wealth Advisors to centralize recruiting, targeting 2027 launch

The 3,000-advisor wealth arm says it is interviewing two leads for the unit and expects to be in market in the second half of 2027.

Succession & selling a firm

DeVoe: RIA deal volume down 17% as broker-dealers enter M&A

LPL, Cetera, Osaic and Raymond James compete with consolidators for the same practices, while $5 billion-plus sellers set a record, DeVoe says.

Tax & estate planning

Stanford economists estimate California Prop 40 would raise $30 billion

The paper's authors say seven billionaires who left the state took $540 billion, or 30% of California's billionaire wealth, with them.

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