Drive Planning's founder receives the maximum 20-year sentence and a $233.8 million restitution order; two executives also go to prison.

For RIAs, the maximum sentence in a Georgia Ponzi case is a due-diligence lesson: fake collateral and borrowed money can pass for diligence until someone reads the first wire.

An Ashton Thomas advisor's decade of Wyoming nonprofit work becomes a recruitment talking point for the $43 billion firm.

A record July exam class and a 15% pay increase point to a younger, better-compensated advisor pipeline.

Schwab logged $80.2B in Q2 net-new RIA assets; Wurster ties the surge to Fidelity's long/short financing hike.

The New York firm now advises clients on search results and AI summaries that precede the first meeting.

The brokerage's Digital Managed Solutions pairs an app with a human, aiming to capture Gen Z and millennial clients before they need a full advisory account.

The three-year surrender charge is the feature RIAs should weigh most.

With platform breadth becoming a competitive lever, the moves give advisors new vehicles for long-short equity and private-market access inside managed accounts.

Client files at a typical firm live in four systems. AI needs them clean and in one place.

The platform overhaul lands as advisors push for personalization, with retail SMA assets on pace to hit $3.6 trillion by 2026.

An InvestmentNews webinar featuring LPL Financial's Jeremy Holly explores why owners should plan value, liquidity, and succession together long before a deal appears.

Per-capita senior wealth gives RIAs a density map; the trillion-dollar totals still favor the largest states.

The prospecting platform swaps flat subscriptions for a performance fee, and LPL gets the model first.

A WealthManagement.com podcast gives RIAs a language for the gap between ownership, control, and governance in a family trust.

FINNY drops flat subscriptions for a cut of new assets. Small wins get cheaper, big wins cost more.

Direct stakes and secondary trading land in one unit, giving wealthy clients pre-IPO access and an earlier exit.

Greg Resh's appointment to the EiR bench adds no client assets. Two Tampa advisors leaving Corebridge just put $350 million in motion.

The raise brings more PE capital into RIA alts distribution, but also sharper scrutiny of platform conflicts.

The research quantifies the complexity of spousal Social Security claiming strategies.

Patrick Larkin's path from leaving Wells Fargo to selling his RIA illustrates how ownership shifts the focus to enterprise value.

Advisers get a client's latest tax filing at the first meeting, making tax planning an ongoing part of the relationship.

Tucker Bria Wealth Strategies joins Summit Financial after LPL's Commonwealth deal.

Barnum Financial's Blanco sees diversified lead channels as the antidote to unpredictable revenue.

Lower inflation readings trim next year's cost-of-living adjustment forecast, shaping retirement income plans.

Advisor value is shifting from information gathering to judgment and client relationships.

A shifting talent pool that RIA principals must factor into hiring and growth plans.

Advisors should weigh the modest deduction against 529 plans and other vehicles.

Raymond James picks up another veteran team as its 2026 recruiting run continues.

Manufactured comments could complicate the DOL rulemaking that retirement plan advisors are tracking.

RIAs are leaning into active ETFs and model portfolios to free up time for client acquisition, Capital Group says.

Advisors who treat estate plans as static risk client defection, with 68% of advised clients open to switching.

Tampa-based advisors move to independent platform, latest in a wave of veteran team recruiting.

New integrations from Amplify and WealthReach promise to cut operational workloads and improve advisor discoverability.

The move underscores Citi's push into ultra-high-net-worth advisory as wealth revenue grows.

A Goldman executive in the third-party wealth channel talks private-market vehicles for advisors.