DA Davidson picks up $1B AUM team from Truist for new office

A team of eight wealth management professionals has joined D.A. Davidson & Co. in North Carolina. With a collective AUM of $1 billion, the team was formerly affiliated with Truist and includes senior vice presidents, financial advisors, and portfolio managers, Andy Vestal and Matt Bryant. Vestal has more than 30 years...

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Estate planning gets an AI makeover thanks to Vanilla

Artificial intelligence is certain to change how financial advisors and wealth managers operate, with many applications streamlining and accelerating processes. Estate planning solutions firm Vanilla is aiming to leverage the power of AI to speed up everyday tasks such as turning estate documents into diagrams, creating projections for federal and...

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Global alternatives market set to reach $24.5T, private credit AUM to double

Growing demand for alternative assets will add more than $8 trillion to assets under management in the next five years, to a total $24.5 trillion, according to a new report. According to the forecast from industry analysts Preqin, the global alternative assets market will grow at an annualized growth rate...

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New leaders for wealth management and UHNW at $7B multi-family office

A multi-family office managing $7 billion in client assets has promoted two long-serving members of its team to key management roles. Pitcairn has announced that J. Matthew McCarte, CFP, CTFA, is immediately taking charge of all relationship management teams as managing director and head of wealth management. He has been...

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US retirement income system is only slightly above average, report reveals

The system that millions of Americans rely on for their retirement income is only slightly above average and may require reform. That’s according to the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index which looks at 47 of the world’s retirement income systems to identify weaknesses and suggest ways to make them...

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Horseracing principles guide $265M team to independence with LPL

A pair of financial advisors is launching a new independent practice with LPL Strategic Wealth Services, having managed around $265 million at RBC. Trevor Johnson and Brian Russo have joined LPL’s supported independence model to start Steeplechase Capital Partners with offices in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and Windham, New Hampshire. The duo...

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