Deals & Recruiting Deals & Recruiting Roundup: Corient, LPL, Elevation Point, Bluespring, AssetMark And More M&A By Corient And Bluespring. Report From Berkshire Global. Strategic Initiatives By AssetMark And Wealth.com. Recruiting By LPL, Elevation Point And NewEdge. Launch By Farmers. Lifeworks Partners With Altruist. Appointments By FFP And Sowell. By WSR Newsroom / 3 Feb 2026
Beltway & Beyond More Tools, More Risk: Five Steps To Solve The Fragmented Compliance Problem Off-Channel Communications Fines Reach Into The Billions, But Advisors Can Minimize Their Risk By WSR Newsroom / 2 Feb 2026
Newsmakers Ritholtz Rolls Out Employee-Led Succession Plan The Transition Became Effective Jan. 1 And Expands The Number Of Employees With An Ownership Stake To 29. By Jeff Berman / 2 Feb 2026
Wealthtech Osaic Makes FINNY Prospecting Tech Available To Its Advisors Osaic’s Approximately 11,000 Financial Professionals Gain Access To FINNY’s Prospecting, Productivity And Growth Tools By Jeff Berman / 30 Jan 2026
Newsmakers NewEdge Recruits $1.4 Billion ClearTrust Former Ameriprise Team Of 24 Is Based In Nashville Area By WSR Newsroom / 30 Jan 2026
Investment Solutions Hamilton Lane: Private Market Investing To Soar In 2026 Eighty-Six Percent Of The 390 Wealth Professionals Surveyed By The Investment Firm Plan To Increase Private Market Allocations This Year, It Says. By Jeff Berman / 29 Jan 2026
Newsmakers Farmers Launches RIA Farmers Asset Management Full-Service RIA To Enhance Farmers’ Existing Wealth Management Capabilities By WSR Newsroom / 29 Jan 2026
Upmarket Patent Perspectives: A New Year, A Sharper Value Proposition For Wealth Teams Prudential President Pat Hynes Speaks About The Benefits Of Scale In A Rapidly Evolving And Consolidating Industry By James Miller / 29 Jan 2026
Newsmakers Sowell Management Names Daryl Seaton As CEO Founder Bill Sowell Takes Role Of Chief Strategy Officer By WSR Newsroom / 29 Jan 2026
Newsmakers LPL Adds $2 Billion Ohio Advisor Team Advisors Breanne Bovara And Derrick Petry Joined Linsco From Fifth Third Private Bank. By Jeff Berman / 28 Jan 2026
Letters From Larry Wealthtech Conferences, M&A Predictions And The Future Of Independence Plus Our Deals & Recruiting Roundup, Record-Breaking 2025 RIA M&A, Cerulli’s Asset Management Research, Ascentis Launches, Sanctuary Recruits, Choreo And Cetera Buy Firms, Prudential Uses AI For Lead Gen, And Kestra Bolsters Planning Capabilities By Larry Roth / 28 Jan 2026
Capital Connections Berkshire Global: U.S. RIA Deal Volume Sets Record In 2025 Report Counts 349 Transactions, Cites Succession Dynamics And Platform Expansion, With Parallel Consolidation Themes In The U.K. And Australia By WSR Newsroom / 28 Jan 2026