Wealth Building

RIA Edge Podcast: Ken Stern on Lido Advisors' Path to $20B in AUM

Sponsored by Related: Lido completes the first deal since Constellation's investment Ken Stern's journey with Lido Advisors began almost a decade ago with a chance meeting at a family office conference. His initial connection with Lido's founders quickly evolved into a shared vision for providing unmatched customer service and scaling a national brand. In some…

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Wealth Management Invest: Trends in Portfolio Construction

WealthManagement.com's David Bodamer sits down with Mike Scarsciotti, SVP and head of investment specialists at Fidelity Investments, to discuss the changing dynamics of portfolio construction. Fidelity derives insights from analyzing 12,000 portfolios. Their talk covers important trends, including the growing popularity of ETFs, the resurgence of active management strategies, and emerging approaches to asset allocation…

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Elevation Point Snags Dynasty Exec as New COO

Elevation Point, an investment firm launched in June by former Sanctuary Wealth CEO Jim Dickson has hired Caitlin Douglas, former managing director of transition services and co-head of service at Dynasty Financial Partners, as its chief operating officer. “As we were getting ready to launch and start the transition teams, and invest in the teams,…

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The New York team relinquishes the right to launch RIA with Dynasty backing

A team of 14 financial advisors and support staff in New York City has created its own registered investment advisor, Matauro, in partnership with Dynasty Financial Partners. The team, which oversees $700 million in client assets, was previously with Equitable Advisors. Partners Matthew Klein, CEO, Barrett Tabeek, CFO and Steven Van Hooker, COO, lead Matauro….

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Smarsh Building AI Intelligent Agent for Compliance

Smarsh has announced the development of an AI-powered Intelligent Agent, which it will begin selling as an add-on product to fully integrate with its enterprise behavioral monitoring platform in 2025. The company is a leading provider of electronic capture, archiving, surveillance and discovery of digital communications within the brokerage and RIA industries. Related: Addepar launches…

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$2 billion New York team joins Wells Fargo from JP Morgan

A New York-based team that manages about $2 billion in client assets is joining Wells Fargo's Private Client Group from JP Morgan, the call center announced Thursday. The Canell Group includes advisors (and brothers) Jay and Neil Canell and fellow advisors Justin Dembo, Jake Klarberg, Benjamin Mayo and Daniel Zomback (and their support staff). Related:…

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How to protect children's identity from theft

As you can tell, fraudsters and scammers love to steal identities. If you're like me, you know more than one person whose social security number or personal information has been stolen and illegally used. Wise adults take precautions. We protect our credit card numbers, freeze our credit bureau accounts, never follow an email link without…

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RIA Roundup: Dynasty Names Tim Oden Chief Growth Officer

While it wasn't a big week for deals in the registered investment advisor space, there were some notable moves that impacted the RIA space. Dynasty Financial Partners, for example, announced several reshuffles of senior executives, the hiring of a new chief operating officer and the creation of the new roles of chief growth officer and…

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Building recruiting momentum at Wells Fargo Advisors

Sponsored by (Sponsored Content) There's never been a better time to complete your internship at Wells Fargo Advisors. With an improved and localized recruiting model, advisors have the opportunity to take a closer look at the firm's resources and easily access Wells Fargo's full balance sheet beyond investments. Source link

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A supportive culture for diverse advisors

(Sponsored Content) At Wells Fargo Advisors, we believe that supporting diverse advisors begins with a culture of actively engaging with them throughout their journeys. Source link

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