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The business of independent advice: growth, custody, fees, talent, and what it all means for the firm you run. 31 stories this week · 289 total.

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Alternative ETFs are winning on the wrapper, not the strategy

35 days ago

Brown Advisory's feeder shelf adds infrastructure to its venture flow

35 days ago

Fidelity rents Savvy a custody front end and keeps the spread

35 days ago

Choreo's AI bet is the Schwab pipe it will own

35 days ago

The AI sell-off reprices the cash spread, not the fee

35 days ago

On-prem AI is a hardware answer to a policy question

35 days ago

Americana turns two tuck-ins into a family-office recruiting asset

36 days ago

Clients are cutting contributions, and the midterms won't fix it

36 days ago

A software vendor admits the software slice is too thin

36 days ago

AssetMark adds private equity; the on-ramp is the product

36 days ago

Luma puts autocallable ETFs beside the notes they compete with

36 days ago

Savvy rents Fidelity's balance sheet to sell onboarding software

36 days ago

Merit hands the CEO chair to its roll-up architect

37 days ago

Meristead's rebrand puts the client relationship ahead of the old name

37 days ago

AI is feeding advisors a confirmation business they aren't built for

37 days ago

A $36 billion hybrid funds the data foundation before the AI framework

37 days ago

Schwab bought AI access; Altruist owns the client record

37 days ago

Schwab's Claude deal sells data terms, not a better model

37 days ago

Mariner's $175 million bot budget bets on integration over the next deal

38 days ago

Savvy's 560% markup is priced on narrative, and Altruist set the comp

38 days ago

Steward Group rents a back office to keep its 36-year book

40 days ago

House hands ESOP fiduciaries a valuation safe harbor, 401-14

42 days ago

RIAs trade the stacked SPV for a seat on the cap table

42 days ago

Gen Z is job-hopping, and pay is the wrong lever

42 days ago

Ritholtz's forever firm runs on equity handed to 29 employees

42 days ago

A 408-17 vote hands advisors an amended-return problem

42 days ago

SS&C turns the held-away annuity into a billable asset

42 days ago

Raymond James launches a retirement plan it will not run

43 days ago

Advisors reclaimed 200 hours. Platforms will capture the value.

43 days ago

Wealthfront's brokerage pivot is the wrong fix for its cohort problem

43 days ago

Active ETFs have an empty leaderboard; distribution will fill it

43 days ago

Domain Money's 150-client ratio points back to hiring

43 days ago

Referral flow runs on client tenure, not advisor effort

43 days ago

Life insurance's year-three lapse problem is an advice gap RIAs can close

44 days ago

Schwab's Claude exclusive buys queue position, not a better model

44 days ago

Anthropic bought distribution for Claude, one connector at a time

44 days ago

Anthropic's RIA play runs through seven integration partners

45 days ago

Conquest's direct-to-RIA tier is a hedge on the platform channel

45 days ago

The 2027 brackets arrive early; the calendar is the edge

45 days ago

Mariner's $175M bot army is an integration budget

47 days ago

Watch & listen: running an RIA

Running an RIA

NAPFA Financial Planning Competition FAQs

NAPFA7 min

Running an RIA

Ep. 116 – 33 Years and $1.5 Billion AUM – What still keeps this advisor up at night? with Albert Fox, CFP®, CIMA

Top Advisor Podcast (Bill Cates)39 min

Running an RIA

Ep. 116 – 33 Years and $1.5 Billion AUM – What still keeps this advisor up at night? With Albert Fox, CFP®, CIMA

Top Advisor Podcast (Bill Cates)39 min

Markets & outlook

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Michael Kitces (Kitces.com)35 min

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